Christy Putnam

I haven't read the whole site but a woman on one of my local
homeschooling/unschooling groups posted this because she saw it on PBS last
night. Anyway, as I said I have not read the whole website but there seem
to be some interesting points on it so I thought I would share and see what
you all think:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/

In Gratitude,

Christy Putnam
Unschooling Mom to Aden (1) and Seth (11)
Loving wife of Chet (ann. 7/4/04)

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Daniel MacIntyre

Interesting article. It did a good job of showing the diverse issues that
people deal with. However, it did a lot to suggest that school intervention
was the answer in each case. They highlighted five cases above - all
"exceptionally bright" and mostly outgoing. They mentioned homeschooling
once - the parents "were unprepared for the difficulty" and sent him back to
public school and eventually to a military academy where he could get more
"structure and discipline."

Of course unschooling wasn't mentioned, but since this wasn't a
homeschooling piece, that's not surprising.

On 3/16/06, Christy Putnam <personal_balance@...> wrote:
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> I haven't read the whole site but a woman on one of my local
> homeschooling/unschooling groups posted this because she saw it on PBS
> last
> night. Anyway, as I said I have not read the whole website but there seem
> to be some interesting points on it so I thought I would share and see
> what
> you all think:
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> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/
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> In Gratitude,
>
> Christy Putnam
> Unschooling Mom to Aden (1) and Seth (11)
> Loving wife of Chet (ann. 7/4/04)
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> <http://blog.myspace.com/personal_balance>
> http://blog.myspace.com/personal_balance
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> "Go confidently in the direction of your
> dreams. Live the life you have always
> imagined." - Henry David Thoreau
>
>
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Daniel
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"When the solution is simple, God is answering."
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