Lesa McMahon-Lowe

Here's the webring url for you to join The "It Doesn't Matter What Other
People Think About My Children" Movement. :)

http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=lifeacademy;action=addform



~*~*~
Lesa M.
LIFE Academy
http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
-------Original Message-------

From: kbcdlovejo@...
Date: 04/21/06 07:42:53
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re: spelling and core knowledge and such



-----Original Message-----
From: aplan4life <aplan4life@...

Just going to be honest with myself and say 'yes', what I'm worried
about is that OTHERS will think my children are 'stupid'.

-=-=-=-

Is what others think about them more important than *they* are?

--==-=-

If the world were a bigger better nicer place then it wouldn't be a
concern...

-=-=-

But if *you* don't make it a concern,...

Plus, the world changes a little bit with each of us.
Maybe---probably--- just a tiny, infitismal amount.

But if one person were to announce, "It doesn't matter to me what
others think of my children"

You know, if one person, just one person, does it they may think she's
really sick and
they won't believe her. And if two people, two people do it, in
harmony,
they may think they're both nuts and they won't take listen to either
of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singing a bar of "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About My
Children"
and walking out? They may think it's an organization! And can you, can
you imagine
fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day, walking in singing a bar
of "It Doesn't Matter..."
and walking out? And friends they may thinks it's a movement.

The "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About My Children"
Movement.

They might call it unschooling.
They might start e-lists.
They might start conferences.
Conferences all over the country....

Children might become free of school! Free to think, learn, and be.
Living through life joyfully!


~Kelly, filling the bucket, one drop at a time!








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Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/24/06, Lesa McMahon-Lowe <lesajm@...> wrote:
>
> Here's the webring url for you to join The "It Doesn't Matter What Other
> People Think About My Children" Movement. :)
>
> http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=lifeacademy;action=addform


I love this. Just this morning I had a LONG conversation with a lady who
picked up a sewing machine that I freecycled. She saw Mary Elayne and asked
if my kids were home sick and I said that we homeschooled. First words out
of her mouth, "What curriculum do you use." So I thought about this "It
doesn't matter" thread and so instead of my usual "we do interested led
learning" I said, "Oh we don't use a curriculum at all. Kids are going to
learn what they need to learn when they need to learn it." Then we had a
nearly 40 minute discussion (quite civil) about learning and schools and how
I came to trust my children to learn what they need to learn when they need
to learn it. It dawned on me that she is not DCFS or CPS or the school
board or the truant officer. And she didn't strike me as the type that
would go out of her way to call DCFS, CPS, the school board or the truant
officer and when she drove out of my yard with her new sewing machine
whatever happened with our conversation would be of little impact on my
children (but hopefully it would open her eyes to other possibilities for
her children :) ) She actually thought it was pretty cool and when I didn't
show any remorse in "being stuck home with my kids" and that I enjoy being
with them she backed off on the "why would I do something like that line."
I wonder if I even got her wheels turning. She (of course) asked about
socialization and I asked her if she had talked to anyone today. Store
clerks, friends on the phone, her children, me? I said, that is all
socialization. I said that the beauty of homeschooling is that my kids are
able to socialize with all kinds of people of all ages and backgrounds.

So either she thinks I'm pretty cool because I homeschool my kids and follow
their lead or either she thinks I'm that crazy woman with the weedy front
yard wearing the hippy broomstick skirt sucking down Chakra tea. Either
way, I don't care.





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Independent Kitchen Consultant #413652
The Pampered Chef
850-474-0817
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Lesa McMahon-Lowe

>>>So either she thinks I'm pretty cool because I homeschool my kids and
follow
their lead or either she thinks I'm that crazy woman with the weedy front
yard wearing the hippy broomstick skirt sucking down Chakra tea. Either
way, I don't care.<<<
------------------------------------------------------
Michelle,

hehehe... that made me laugh... because I am so that hippy chick with the
weedy front yard with the skirt and the tea.... hehehe.... and it's so nice
that I've actually started to accept myself and love myself for being who I
am and no longer feeling ashamed that I'm not living up to some arbitrary
standard that my family or the world has put on me.

~*~*~
Lesa M.
LIFE Academy
http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/

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[email protected]

Cool! I joined. :o)

--
~Mary
http://zenmommasgarden.blogspot.com/

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the
green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly
alive."
~Thich Nhat Hanh

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Lesa McMahon-Lowe" <lesajm@...>





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Joanne

I just signed up and added the code to my blog. I had to add it at
the bottom of the page (as opposed to the side bar because it's
large.

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com




--- In [email protected], "Lesa McMahon-Lowe"
<lesajm@...> wrote:
>
> Here's the webring url for you to join The "It Doesn't Matter
What Other
> People Think About My Children" Movement. :)
>
> http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=lifeacademy;action=addform
>
>
>
> ~*~*~
> Lesa M.
> LIFE Academy
> http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: kbcdlovejo@...
> Date: 04/21/06 07:42:53
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re: spelling and core knowledge
and such
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aplan4life <aplan4life@...
>
> Just going to be honest with myself and say 'yes', what I'm
worried
> about is that OTHERS will think my children are 'stupid'.
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Is what others think about them more important than *they* are?
>
> --==-=-
>
> If the world were a bigger better nicer place then it wouldn't be
a
> concern...
>
> -=-=-
>
> But if *you* don't make it a concern,...
>
> Plus, the world changes a little bit with each of us.
> Maybe---probably--- just a tiny, infitismal amount.
>
> But if one person were to announce, "It doesn't matter to me what
> others think of my children"
>
> You know, if one person, just one person, does it they may think
she's
> really sick and
> they won't believe her. And if two people, two people do it, in
> harmony,
> they may think they're both nuts and they won't take listen to
either
> of them.
> And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people
walking in
> singing a bar of "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About
My
> Children"
> and walking out? They may think it's an organization! And can
you, can
> you imagine
> fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day, walking in singing
a bar
> of "It Doesn't Matter..."
> and walking out? And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
>
> The "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About My Children"
> Movement.
>
> They might call it unschooling.
> They might start e-lists.
> They might start conferences.
> Conferences all over the country....
>
> Children might become free of school! Free to think, learn, and
be.
> Living through life joyfully!
>
>
> ~Kelly, filling the bucket, one drop at a time!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
>
> Visit your group "unschoolingbasics" on the web.
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> [email protected]
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Lesa McMahon-Lowe

that's weird... it's small on my blog. my side bar just wraps it as it
needs to... how strange... html is so wacky sometimes


~*~*~
Lesa M.
LIFE Academy
http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
-------Original Message-------

From: Joanne
Date: 04/24/06 17:37:01
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: The "It Doesn't Matter What Other People
Think About My Children" Movement.

I just signed up and added the code to my blog. I had to add it at
the bottom of the page (as opposed to the side bar because it's
large.

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com




--- In [email protected], "Lesa McMahon-Lowe"
<lesajm@...> wrote:
>
> Here's the webring url for you to join The "It Doesn't Matter
What Other
> People Think About My Children" Movement. :)
>
> http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=lifeacademy;action=addform
>
>
>
> ~*~*~
> Lesa M.
> LIFE Academy
> http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: kbcdlovejo@...
> Date: 04/21/06 07:42:53
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re: spelling and core knowledge
and such
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aplan4life <aplan4life@...
>
> Just going to be honest with myself and say 'yes', what I'm
worried
> about is that OTHERS will think my children are 'stupid'.
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Is what others think about them more important than *they* are?
>
> --==-=-
>
> If the world were a bigger better nicer place then it wouldn't be
a
> concern...
>
> -=-=-
>
> But if *you* don't make it a concern,...
>
> Plus, the world changes a little bit with each of us.
> Maybe---probably--- just a tiny, infitismal amount.
>
> But if one person were to announce, "It doesn't matter to me what
> others think of my children"
>
> You know, if one person, just one person, does it they may think
she's
> really sick and
> they won't believe her. And if two people, two people do it, in
> harmony,
> they may think they're both nuts and they won't take listen to
either
> of them.
> And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people
walking in
> singing a bar of "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About
My
> Children"
> and walking out? They may think it's an organization! And can
you, can
> you imagine
> fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day, walking in singing
a bar
> of "It Doesn't Matter..."
> and walking out? And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
>
> The "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About My Children"
> Movement.
>
> They might call it unschooling.
> They might start e-lists.
> They might start conferences.
> Conferences all over the country....
>
> Children might become free of school! Free to think, learn, and
be.
> Living through life joyfully!
>
>
> ~Kelly, filling the bucket, one drop at a time!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
>
> Visit your group "unschoolingbasics" on the web.
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> [email protected]
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>







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Joanne

Yes, it does look nice and small on your blog. I just went and
looked at it. Thanks again for starting the ring. :-)

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com








--- In [email protected], "Lesa McMahon-Lowe"
<lesajm@...> wrote:
>
> that's weird... it's small on my blog. my side bar just wraps it
as it
> needs to... how strange... html is so wacky sometimes
>
>
> ~*~*~
> Lesa M.
> LIFE Academy
> http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Joanne
> Date: 04/24/06 17:37:01
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: The "It Doesn't Matter What Other
People
> Think About My Children" Movement.
>
> I just signed up and added the code to my blog. I had to add it at
> the bottom of the page (as opposed to the side bar because it's
> large.
>
> ~ Joanne ~
> Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
> Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
> http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
> http://foreverparents.com
>
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Lesa McMahon-Lowe"
> <lesajm@> wrote:
> >
> > Here's the webring url for you to join The "It Doesn't Matter
> What Other
> > People Think About My Children" Movement. :)
> >
> > http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=lifeacademy;action=addform
> >
> >
> >
> > ~*~*~
> > Lesa M.
> > LIFE Academy
> > http://lifeacademy.homeschooljournal.net/
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: kbcdlovejo@
> > Date: 04/21/06 07:42:53
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re: spelling and core knowledge
> and such
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aplan4life <aplan4life@
> >
> > Just going to be honest with myself and say 'yes', what I'm
> worried
> > about is that OTHERS will think my children are 'stupid'.
> >
> > -=-=-=-
> >
> > Is what others think about them more important than *they* are?
> >
> > --==-=-
> >
> > If the world were a bigger better nicer place then it wouldn't
be
> a
> > concern...
> >
> > -=-=-
> >
> > But if *you* don't make it a concern,...
> >
> > Plus, the world changes a little bit with each of us.
> > Maybe---probably--- just a tiny, infitismal amount.
> >
> > But if one person were to announce, "It doesn't matter to me
what
> > others think of my children"
> >
> > You know, if one person, just one person, does it they may think
> she's
> > really sick and
> > they won't believe her. And if two people, two people do it, in
> > harmony,
> > they may think they're both nuts and they won't take listen to
> either
> > of them.
> > And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people
> walking in
> > singing a bar of "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think
About
> My
> > Children"
> > and walking out? They may think it's an organization! And can
> you, can
> > you imagine
> > fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day, walking in
singing
> a bar
> > of "It Doesn't Matter..."
> > and walking out? And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
> >
> > The "It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think About My
Children"
> > Movement.
> >
> > They might call it unschooling.
> > They might start e-lists.
> > They might start conferences.
> > Conferences all over the country....
> >
> > Children might become free of school! Free to think, learn, and
> be.
> > Living through life joyfully!
> >
> >
> > ~Kelly, filling the bucket, one drop at a time!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
> >
> > Visit your group "unschoolingbasics" on the web.
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
> Service.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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