Dawn Falbe

Hi All

Even though I've only been officially doing this for a short time 1 year
(then 3 months of sending him to an alternative school) then back to
unschooling again, this is the list for me. I have joined other lists
including unschooling.com and to be honest I'm not interested in reading
about curriculum or how my youngest has learned colors and numbers with
worksheets. I know these things have their place, but not on an unschooling
list that I'm interested in. It actually annoys me to be on an unschooling
list and then hear people talking about how many worksheets they are giving
their children, at set times of the day.... Maybe it's just me... I don't
care if that's what other people do, but I didn't think that was
unschooling. I thought unschooling was letting my children learn what they
want to learn when they want to learn it, with me offering a variety of
opportunities such as talking (being #1 for us) books, courses, computer
programs, videos, others with experience in what he's interested in where I
have none, internet, life outside the house etc. Yesterday came to me and
asked me to write some numbers down for him to add up. He told me to put 5
different rows of numbers because he wanted to make sure he could add up
columns. I did 1 whole sheet which he insisted I check for being correct
(that's first 4 planets in Virgo and his perfectionism!!) and then he was
off doing something else and didn't ask about them again. Last night at
10pm we were reading a book on the planets (he's learning astronomy and
astrology now that he knows the difference) and it probably took us 1/2 hour
to get through the book because of all the questions he was asking that
thankfully I could answer.

Anyway I'm rambling here.... I think I'd rather be on a list like this
where I might not have as much experience as some of the other members but I
can certainly learn a lot which I do by reading the postings of Sandra,
Nancy K, Karin, Dar, Todd, Tia, Heidi, Peg, just to mention a few.

Thanks for writing what you do.

Dawn F.
Tucson, AZ (continuing to learn herself)

Fetteroll

on 2/25/03 10:05 AM, Dawn Falbe at astrologerdawn@... wrote:

> I have joined other lists
> including unschooling.com and to be honest I'm not interested in reading
> about curriculum or how my youngest has learned colors and numbers with
> worksheets.

No, no, not on Unschooling-dotcom! People would be lambasted for discussing
learning colors and numbers with worksheets. ;-) The list is rough, but it
*is* unschooling!

Maybe it was the Yahoo Unschooling list? The one that's moderated?

Joyce

[email protected]

In a message dated 2/25/2003 6:00:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
fetteroll@... writes:


>
> No, no, not on Unschooling-dotcom! People would be lambasted for discussing
> learning colors and numbers with worksheets. ;-) The list is rough, but it
> *is* unschooling!
>
> Maybe it was the Yahoo Unschooling list? The one that's moderated?
>

I'm on an unschooling list and can't think of the name of it right now, but I
bet it's the same one. People say things like "We unschool on the weekends"
and "We unschool except for one hour of worksheets each morning" and "There
are many varieties of unschooling, from very structured schedules to
relaxed." I mainly lurk and shake my head.
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Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

>
> It actually annoys me to be on an unschooling
>list and then hear people talking about how many worksheets they are giving

Have you considered posting and expressing that annoyance? Shake 'em up a
little?
Heidi

Barb Eaton

I had to leave a list that was similar. I needed more challenge. More
unschooling talk and how families walked that talk. I started doubted myself
and my kids the longer I stayed. I got so sucked into it all being ok and
that it was unschooling. I had to say my peice when I left. I couldn't just
leave without saying that wasn't unschooling. It brought some good
discussion. At least until I left. It was fun posting but also exhausting.
It made me realize just how much I appreciate you all that post on a regular
bases that *do* talk and walk unschooling.


Barb E
"The smartest thing that a person can do is to persistently think
the thoughts that are consistent with the kind of person he or she
would like to be."

- Brian Tracy, Author and Personal Development Expert




on 2/25/03 6:15 PM, amycats2@... at amycats2@... wrote:

>>
>
> I'm on an unschooling list and can't think of the name of it right now, but I
> bet it's the same one. People say things like "We unschool on the weekends"
> and "We unschool except for one hour of worksheets each morning" and "There
> are many varieties of unschooling, from very structured schedules to
> relaxed." I mainly lurk and shake my head.
> Amy Kagey

Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

Someone on the dotcom list just posted that they Unschool, except for math,
and the library, and... another somebody's trying to pull together an
'Unschooling Program' for next year, so they can get it right. Lordy...

Raises the hackles something fierce..
I'm struggling to keep my claws in and stay civil.
Durn claws. Keep scratchin' up the furniture and the newbies.
Anyone wanna bat around a newbie for a while?
(mostly kidding, sort of.)
Heidi

sorcha_aisling <[email protected]

I just recently unsubscribed from a list after a there was a huge
discussion about some geography/history books everyone just loved. I
looked it up online and they weren't real books, they were textbooks,
and even came in a set with the student edition and teacher's
edition! The last straw for me on that list was when a woman said
she needed advice because her daughter was getting too involved in
her geography lessons (from the aforementioned textbooks) and wanted
to spend all day on geography, while the mom wanted her to "rush
through" the curriculum in the mornings so she could "spend the
afternoons unschooling".

Sorcha

> I'm on an unschooling list and can't think of the name of it right
now, but I
> bet it's the same one. People say things like "We unschool on the
weekends"
> and "We unschool except for one hour of worksheets each morning"
and "There
> are many varieties of unschooling, from very structured schedules
to
> relaxed."

Tia Leschke

> Someone on the dotcom list just posted that they Unschool, except for
math,
> and the library, and... another somebody's trying to pull together an
> 'Unschooling Program' for next year, so they can get it right. Lordy...

We had one for a while on the Canadian homeschooling list. She had pulled
her son out and wanted everyone to tell her what curriculum to use and how
to "get it right". We tried to get her to relax a bit, but she was still
asking for all kinds of hand-holding. Then she up and quit because she was
spending too much time on email. Fair enough. She's a single parent
working from home. Then a week or two later, she showed up on
Unschooling_Canada and announced she had decided to unschool. So she wanted
to know how to "do it right". Sigh. Several of us responded trying to
help. Pretty much the same people as the other list. She's been very quiet
since.
>
> Raises the hackles something fierce..
> I'm struggling to keep my claws in and stay civil.
> Durn claws. Keep scratchin' up the furniture and the newbies.
> Anyone wanna bat around a newbie for a while?
> (mostly kidding, sort of.)

I love that image.
Tia