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#1, I have a visceral and moral objection to anonymous websites, especially
when they give information in first-person (what "I" and "we" believe or do).
There's one website that has some of my articles, and I don't mind that,
but there was a glitch in it so I'd like to let them know so they could repair
it, but there's not a mailing address or name anywhere, and no way to figure
out who to contact.

But there's one that's new to me. In looking for a link to something else,
I ended up on a site that's just tons of homeschooling links and
advertisements. I thought while I was there I'd look and see if I was still listed as a
contact, and request to be removed. I found a link to a site for
homeschooling info for New Mexico, and while that's local, I'm not even giving you the
link so never mind. It's nine short pages with fairly useful kinds of info, but
CLEARLY not by someone who considers unschooling a possibility or an option,
and I guess by what I'm quoting below she doesn't even know it exists.


-=-People choose to home school for a variety of reasons. Some people believe
that it is a calling from God. Others do it because of the poor academic
standards found in many public schools. Some parents want to avoid negative
influences (gangs, drugs, sex, etc.) in public schools. These days, many families
have become fearful for their children’s safety in the public schools.-=-

End of the variety of reasons; none applies to my family.
 
-=-Most families have several reasons for home schooling. In our case, we
chose to home school because of falling academic standards and because much of
the curricula found in our local schools is morally objectionable to us as
Christians. Then again, I have heard of atheists and pagan worshippers who home
school because they believe that the schools are too Christianized!-=-


Not only does is she not familiar with unschooling, she's not too clear on
what "pagan" means if she thinks someone worships pagan, but that's okay...
ideas can be dangerous, if you're afraid of ideas.

-=-Whatever the reason, all home school parents have this in common: We have
a passionate belief that our children do better at home, learning our values,
studying curricula which have been carefully selected by us.-=-

Uh.... Yeah. No.
I mean
Yes, yes and not even.

So I live in New Mexico, which is fairly invisible and unknown, and I
practice parenting and not-having-kids-in-school in an invisible and unknown way.

I have got to be one of the invisiblest people around!!!!
At least I'm not a pagan worshiper, though.

Honestly, it's probably for the best that unschooling is a stealth creature.

Sandra



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>> -=-Whatever the reason, all home school parents have this in common:
We have
>> a passionate belief that our children do better at home, learning
our values,
>> studying curricula which have been carefully selected by us.-=-
>>
>> Uh.... Yeah. No.
>> I mean
>> Yes, yes and not even.


ROFL!!! Pardon. My funny bone is really acting up. I may have
guffawed my last.

Thanks for the laughs.


SandraDodd@... wrote:

> CLEARLY not by someone who considers unschooling a possibility or an
option,
> and I guess by what I'm quoting below she doesn't even know it
exists.
>
>
> -=-People choose to home school for a variety of reasons. Some people
believe
> that it is a calling from God. Others do it because of the poor
academic
> standards found in many public schools. Some parents want to avoid
negative
> influences (gangs, drugs, sex, etc.) in public schools. These days,
many families
> have become fearful for their children’s safety in the public
schools.-=-
>
> End of the variety of reasons; none applies to my family.
>
> -=-Most families have several reasons for home schooling. In our
case, we
> chose to home school because of falling academic standards and
because much of
> the curricula found in our local schools is morally objectionable to
us as
> Christians. Then again, I have heard of atheists and pagan
worshippers who home
> school because they believe that the schools are too
Christianized!-=-
>
>
> Not only does is she not familiar with unschooling, she's not too
clear on
> what "pagan" means if she thinks someone worships pagan, but that's
okay...
> ideas can be dangerous, if you're afraid of ideas.
>

Pagan worshipper is a common phrase malaprop. I've heard it. I doubt
she invented it. Probably originally an abbreviation of pagan *idol*
worshipper. Ah well like you say, it doesn't pay to think too much if
it's too real a danger in one's mind to look at ideas. I heard the
opposite for a second when you said that about worshipping pagan:
christian worshipper-- Would it be blasphemous to capitalize that?
Yeh.
The Christian worshipper. I swear I've heard that said too, probably

followed by the words "of God".



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