pebsflower

I would like to do an article for the Maryland Homeschooled news about
well known and fictional homeschooled people.

There are a few lists of well-known people who were homeschooled, but I'm
curious about fictional characters that were homeschooled - especially
any that are found in popular culture.

Some examples that I can come up with are Dharma from the television show
"Dharma and Greg" and the kids on the show "The Wild Thornberry's".
Does anyone else know of any others??



If you also know of any famous homeschooled people nonfiction, let me
know as well.

Email me at : oceanblue_1000@...

Thanks,



Pebs

cindybablitz

> but I'm curious about fictional characters that were homeschooled -
> especially any that are found in popular culture.

There was that family in the movie with, um, with Robin Williams I
think? (I have a terrible recall for movie trivia) called RV, I
think? Ah, here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449089/

Wasn't Pippi Longstocking unschooled? Or just really really
unschooled in her spirit, and supported thus by her parents?

> If you also know of any famous homeschooled people nonfiction, let
> me know as well.

Well there's the Hanson brothers.

http://www.hanson.net/site/hanson/section?name=about

From their website:

"The Walk expands upon the more introspective songwriting that the
band began to delve into on Underneath. And for HANSON, looking
inward means looking outward as well, at the state of the music
industry and at their community. "The Walk is the walk of life", Zac
says. "People make decisions to go for dreams, to do something
difficult, or they decide to be part of the crowd that watches. You
have to make those decisions by yourself.""

Cindy

Host of Alphabet Soup: 2009 Calgary Unschooling Conference
http://www.alphabetsoupconference.com/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlphabetSoupConference/

Mara

Oh, I really have to say that I think Momo by Michael Ende is an absolutely wonderful book (http://www.amazon.com/Momo-Puffin-Books-Michael-Ende/dp/0140317538). Growing up in Germany it was one of my favorite books, not really about unschooling or homeschooling, but about a little girl who never went to school and has a amazing ability to 'listen' and just be herself. In come the Grey men who come to steal peoples time and start putting the children in day care away from the parents. When I wanted to find the book in English years ago for my niece in English I had a really hard time finding it, no doubt because it is highly critical of the way society functions now.
Highly to be recommended!
Pippi Longstocking was not homeschooled, she just grows up without parents (a pirate dad at sea who does visit every now and then, and a mama up in heaven) and thinks she does not need school, she learns plenty from life. Also a wonderful book.
Mara


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From: cindybablitz <cindybablitz@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 6:01:17 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Re: Fictional and Non-Fictional Homeschooled people


> but I'm curious about fictional characters that were homeschooled -
> especially any that are found in popular culture.

There was that family in the movie with, um, with Robin Williams I
think? (I have a terrible recall for movie trivia) called RV, I
think? Ah, here:

http://www.imdb. com/title/ tt0449089/

Wasn't Pippi Longstocking unschooled? Or just really really
unschooled in her spirit, and supported thus by her parents?

> If you also know of any famous homeschooled people nonfiction, let
> me know as well.

Well there's the Hanson brothers.

http://www.hanson. net/site/ hanson/section? name=about

From their website:

"The Walk expands upon the more introspective songwriting that the
band began to delve into on Underneath. And for HANSON, looking
inward means looking outward as well, at the state of the music
industry and at their community. "The Walk is the walk of life", Zac
says. "People make decisions to go for dreams, to do something
difficult, or they decide to be part of the crowd that watches. You
have to make those decisions by yourself.""

Cindy

Host of Alphabet Soup: 2009 Calgary Unschooling Conference
http://www.alphabet soupconference. com/
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/AlphabetSo upConference/







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Kelly Lovejoy

The absolute BEST is Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.


 ~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
"There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children." Marianne Williamson


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> but I'm curious about fictional characters that were homeschooled -
> especially any that are found in popular culture.










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diana jenner

Katie Morgan was homeschooled (probably *not* the poster child her
incredibly conservative school-at-home-and-save-her-soul parents were
expecting...) http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/katiemorgan/index.html
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com
hannahsashes.blogspot.com
dianas365.blogspot.com


On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 10:34 AM, pebsflower <oceanblue_1000@...> wrote:

> I would like to do an article for the Maryland Homeschooled news about
> well known and fictional homeschooled people.
>
> There are a few lists of well-known people who were homeschooled, but I'm
> curious about fictional characters that were homeschooled - especially
> any that are found in popular culture.
>
> Some examples that I can come up with are Dharma from the television show
> "Dharma and Greg" and the kids on the show "The Wild Thornberry's".
> Does anyone else know of any others??
>
> If you also know of any famous homeschooled people nonfiction, let me
> know as well.
>
> Email me at : oceanblue_1000@... <oceanblue_1000%40msn.com>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pebs
>
>
>
>


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Schuyler

Pippi Longstocking lived alone with her horse and her monkey. Her dad was captured by cannibals and made their king as you find in Pippi Longstocking in the South Seas. She isn't unschooled. She is a girl who makes her own life. And who has bags of gold. She goes to school briefly and the teacher is quite happy when Pippi decides that school isn't for her. My memory is that she always emphasizes the importance of formal education for Tommy and Annika.

Schuyler




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From: cindybablitz <cindybablitz@...>


Wasn't Pippi Longstocking unschooled? Or just really really
unschooled in her spirit, and supported thus by her parents?

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Verna

--- In [email protected], Schuyler <s.waynforth@...>
wrote:
>
> Pippi Longstocking lived alone with her horse and her monkey. Her dad
was captured by cannibals and made their king as you find in Pippi
Longstocking in the South Seas. She isn't unschooled. She is a girl who
makes her own life. And who has bags of gold. She goes to school
briefly and the teacher is quite happy when Pippi decides that school
isn't for her. My memory is that she always emphasizes the importance
of formal education for Tommy and Annika.
>
We listened to Pippy Longstocking on tape not to long ago. She went to
school for one day because she was jealous that she would not get a
Christmas Vacation when the time came. My son thought that was very
funny as he realized of course that everyday is a vacation. He
realized how that connected to his life too. Her emphasis on the
importance of education was in a it must be important cause everyone
says it is way. She thought what they were learning was ridiculous,
however, and it was very clear that she thought what she learned
through real life experiences made much more sence.

alanlmarshall

The main character in Mean Girls was homeschooled until her senior
year, when she went to high school so girls could be mean to her.

The members of of the bluegrass trio Nickel Creek homeschooled so they
could pursue a career as musicians. That turned out pretty well.