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Ren said: If you force her home against her will, that is more damaging long
> term than what she's getting at school. You can make school less
> important by helping her do the things she loves and forgetting about
> grades and all the other BS that goes along with schooling.


Ren, thank-you so much for suggesting these thoughts to me again. I have
thought about this and it's the reason I'm not "making" her get out of that
school. The other day when the school said she was going to be moved to the other
team she was hysterically crying. She didn't think it was right, that she
has to "change" her whole life for this teacher, and that the teacher should
have been fired. I explained that this is the school's decision, they're not
going to penalize the teacher for the things she's done, and the only thing
Nicholle (my daughter) can do is stay there and move to the new team, stay home
for either home schooling or unschooling, or move to another school (we have
school choice here). She was not for either home schooling idea, and I didn't
push it. I've given her the choices, explained thoroughly what she can
expect from each choice, and express my opinion without giving her a permanent
decision from me. However, we have come to the conclusion that if she doesn't
make it into a votech school for high school next year than she will finish her
schooling at home. There's just no way she'll make it through a full day's
worth of schooling in the higher grades, even her teachers this year have said
this. So, this is the reason I'm still researching all of our possibilities,
learning from all of you ladies here, learning the laws, and basically
anything else I can research. Anyways, thank you ladies for all of the good
information and support that you give me here.

Love,
Beth
mother to Nikki and Kayla
and always thinking of Brian
since his sunset on 09/07/05






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Ren Allen

'She was not for either home schooling idea, and I didn't
push it. I've given her the choices, explained thoroughly what she can
expect from each choice, and express my opinion without giving her a
permanent
decision from me."

Has she read "The Teenage Liberation Handbook"?
That might open her mind up to the possibilities that await her
outside of school. It's really frightening for a lot of kids to think
about leaving behind the structure they've known their whole
lives...especially when their whole social group is centered around it.

Teacher's unions make it very difficult (if not impossible) for a
teacher to be fired. It's lame, it's unfair, but if she's in the
system than it's part of the package unfortunately.

Just focus on enjoying activites together when she's not in school,
try to give less power to the grades and such and get her that book!!:)

Ren
learninginfreedom.com