Geraldine Weis-Corbley

Dear Connie, and other hsing parents:

you wrote:
_____________
When my son Shawn was 12 ... he was considering going to school then.
He wanted the whole social scene, but also was feeling like he
needed to master more skills academically.

Connie
____________

How did that resolve itself. Does he get the social scene elsewhere?

I am offering my 12 yr old boy the option of freedom from school next
year and he is concerned about missing friends. I want to offer him
contact with other guys his age but I wonder if I'd be able to hook
up with any.

Geri

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In a message dated 5/18/2003 8:29:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
gw@... writes:
> I am offering my 12 yr old boy the option of freedom from school next
> year and he is concerned about missing friends. I want to offer him
> contact with other guys his age but I wonder if I'd be able to hook
> up with any.

His friends from school will hang with him even when he's out of
school---just sfternoons and weekends. If they aren't his friends, they
won't. He could also make a few homeschooled friends through local groups.
You could come to the conference where he'll meet a few teens that could lead
to long-term long-distance friends. Not Back to School Camp could also be an
option.

~Kelly


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Tia Leschke

>
> I am offering my 12 yr old boy the option of freedom from school next
> year and he is concerned about missing friends. I want to offer him
> contact with other guys his age but I wonder if I'd be able to hook
> up with any.

Does he like sports? My son has found plenty of friends through his sports
teams. If not, what *does* he like? Can you sign him up for classes or
workshops in something that interests him?
Tia

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
saftety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Ben Franklin
leschke@...

Joylyn

Geri

i am now teaching in a middle school. There are lots of ways you can
have your son hook up with kids his age. A sports, summer classes,
church groups, homeschooling groups with teens in it (we have a great
one) etc. But please, don't think the social scene that happens at a
middle school positive for middle school students. It simply isn't.

My experience as a teacher again confirms why I will never send my
children to school.

joylyn

Geraldine Weis-Corbley wrote:

> Dear Connie, and other hsing parents:
>
> you wrote:
> _____________
> When my son Shawn was 12 ... he was considering going to school then.
> He wanted the whole social scene, but also was feeling like he
> needed to master more skills academically.
>
> Connie
> ____________
>
> How did that resolve itself. Does he get the social scene elsewhere?
>
> I am offering my 12 yr old boy the option of freedom from school next
> year and he is concerned about missing friends. I want to offer him
> contact with other guys his age but I wonder if I'd be able to hook
> up with any.
>
> Geri
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Pamela Sorooshian

Where do you live?

-pam


On Sunday, May 18, 2003, at 05:29 PM, Geraldine Weis-Corbley wrote:

> I am offering my 12 yr old boy the option of freedom from school next
> year and he is concerned about missing friends. I want to offer him
> contact with other guys his age but I wonder if I'd be able to hook
> up with any.