
Photos by Kat Fetteroll
Joyce Fetteroll on Unschooling
and another thing or two
Kat (who's 14) is taking guitar lessons for the first time. Her
teacher was impressed that she could read and play the notes without
looking at the fret bar and wondered how she could do that if she'd
never played before. Kat replied "Three years of playing video
games!" She said he laughed.
Joyce
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ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
Products of Education
A description (new 10/18/04) of schools as factories, and students as products. Fun, and a little scary, and a lot inspiring.
Transcript of Joyce's presentation at the 2002 Live & Learn Conference
Five Steps to Unschooling
"I'm Joyce Fetteroll. Unschooling mom. Writer. Artist. Computer nerd....I was born in Pittsburgh in 1956. I grew up hungry for what didn't exist: fantasy and science fiction for kids...." read more
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CLEAR EXPLANATIONS OF DIFFICULT IDEAS
(which applies to everything, but some were neither articles nor simple answers to questions)
"Always say yes. Or some form of yes."
Logic and decisionmaking
That Balloon Analogy...
The lists are for help in letting go of fears, not for hanging on to them.
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Being your Child's Partner
to questions about control and power strugges
"Look for the delight in life and it will infect your kids"
response to "What if they aren't interested in learning?"
Do Thoughts Count?—Response to a mom who said her son was lazy.
Can TV be "an addiction"? What about addiction?
When Does Independence Arrive? , a beautiful response to a question, in unschooling.com's library (and, if that link dies, here: Independence)
Am I Homeschooling for the Right Reasons?
Joyce, in response to that question, quoted on a site for Christian homeschoolers in the U.K., South Africa and Australia
About the formation of friendships outside (and inside) school
Joyce's Own Page
on Unschooling and Thoughtful Parenting:
Joyfully Rejoycing
E-mail Joyce Fetteroll
Send additions, corrections, bad links, etc. to Sandra@SandraDodd.com
Some other favorite unschooling writers:
Pam Sorooshian
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Ren Allen *
Robyn Coburn *
Danielle Conger *
Mary Gold
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Kelly Lovejoy
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Lyle Perry
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Deb Lewis
* Pam Laricchia

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