Alliance for Separation of School and State
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Hi,
Maybe everyone else knows about this, but as a new home/unschooler I
just discovered the 'Alliance for Separation of School and State',
www.sepschool.org.
Their main distinctive is their short but sweet Proclamation they ask anyone
(including older children!) to sign (aiming for 1 million signatures),
"I proclaim publicly that I am in favor of ending government involvement in
education."
Then they post all the signers' names and cities; I found it very encouraging
to see these names, some well-known, others not, from all different states,
professions, and affiliations.
No, they're not all unschoolers, I'm sure, and this isn't advocating getting rid
of all schools; but getting government (and our tax dollars and the teachers'
unions) out of the arena would be a huge step in the right direction.
JP Brooks
P.S. I think their humor page is good, too:
http://www.sepschool.org/humor/index.html,
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or
drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a
damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is
not a free man any more than a dog.
-- G.K. Chesterton
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered;
an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
- G.K. Chesterton
Maybe everyone else knows about this, but as a new home/unschooler I
just discovered the 'Alliance for Separation of School and State',
www.sepschool.org.
Their main distinctive is their short but sweet Proclamation they ask anyone
(including older children!) to sign (aiming for 1 million signatures),
"I proclaim publicly that I am in favor of ending government involvement in
education."
Then they post all the signers' names and cities; I found it very encouraging
to see these names, some well-known, others not, from all different states,
professions, and affiliations.
No, they're not all unschoolers, I'm sure, and this isn't advocating getting rid
of all schools; but getting government (and our tax dollars and the teachers'
unions) out of the arena would be a huge step in the right direction.
JP Brooks
P.S. I think their humor page is good, too:
http://www.sepschool.org/humor/index.html,
The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or
drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a
damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is
not a free man any more than a dog.
-- G.K. Chesterton
An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered;
an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
- G.K. Chesterton
nellebelle
I'm not against the government being involved in education, but I would love to see compulsory attendance and testing go away. Turn the schools into resource centers - more like libraries, less like prisons. MHO
Did anybody read The Road Less Traveled in the latest HEM? I loved the baseball analogy.
Mary Ellen
Did anybody read The Road Less Traveled in the latest HEM? I loved the baseball analogy.
Mary Ellen
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nellebelle
Sorry, I meant the previous issue of HEM. Her column in the most recent issue is about writing cursive.
I really liked Sandra's article about late readers too. My mom was just harping on me again about my just turned 8 yod not reading. She can't understand why I'm not concerned. I will definitely give her a copy of that article.
Mary Ellen
I really liked Sandra's article about late readers too. My mom was just harping on me again about my just turned 8 yod not reading. She can't understand why I'm not concerned. I will definitely give her a copy of that article.
Mary Ellen
----- Original Message ----- Did anybody read The Road Less Traveled in the latest HEM? I loved the baseball analogy.
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Nancy Wooton
on 8/23/03 8:33 PM, jpbrooks@... at jpbrooks@... wrote:
Is it just me, or are there more trolls playing on homeschooling lists these
days? Not that I have any particular beef against SepSchool, but this is a
classic hit-and-run advertisement. Sheesh.
Nancy
"Do Not Feed the Trolls" is becoming my new motto
Is it just me, or are there more trolls playing on homeschooling lists these
days? Not that I have any particular beef against SepSchool, but this is a
classic hit-and-run advertisement. Sheesh.
Nancy
"Do Not Feed the Trolls" is becoming my new motto
> Hi,
>
> Maybe everyone else knows about this, but as a new home/unschooler I
> just discovered the 'Alliance for Separation of School and State',
> www.sepschool.org.
>
> Their main distinctive is their short but sweet Proclamation they ask anyone
> (including older children!) to sign (aiming for 1 million signatures),
>
> "I proclaim publicly that I am in favor of ending government involvement in
> education."
>
> Then they post all the signers' names and cities; I found it very encouraging
> to see these names, some well-known, others not, from all different states,
> professions, and affiliations.
>
> No, they're not all unschoolers, I'm sure, and this isn't advocating getting
> rid
> of all schools; but getting government (and our tax dollars and the teachers'
> unions) out of the arena would be a huge step in the right direction.
>
> JP Brooks
>
> P.S. I think their humor page is good, too:
> http://www.sepschool.org/humor/index.html,
>
>
> The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or
> drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a
> damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is
> not a free man any more than a dog.
> -- G.K. Chesterton
>
> An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered;
> an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.
> - G.K. Chesterton
>
>
>
>
>
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Speaking of late readers, my wife and I just discovered Late-talking
Children and The Einstein Syndrome (so-named because Einstein was a
late-talker). They are written by the father of a late-talking child (4 yrs old, if
I remember correctly), discuss the common traumas that families of these
children tend to go through (emotional, familial, professional, etc..), stories
from families, etc... Extremely encouraging, hopeful, and helpful.
If I knew someone else who had a late-talking child, I would definitely
recommend or loan them these books.
(And no, this isn't an add. Just some helpful information.)
JP Brooks
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Sorry, I meant the previous issue of HEM. Her column in the most recent
issue is about writing cursive.
I really liked Sandra's article about late readers too. My mom was just
harping on me again about my just
turned 8 yod not reading. She can't understand why I'm not concerned. I
will definitely give her a copy of
that article.
Mary Ellen
Children and The Einstein Syndrome (so-named because Einstein was a
late-talker). They are written by the father of a late-talking child (4 yrs old, if
I remember correctly), discuss the common traumas that families of these
children tend to go through (emotional, familial, professional, etc..), stories
from families, etc... Extremely encouraging, hopeful, and helpful.
If I knew someone else who had a late-talking child, I would definitely
recommend or loan them these books.
(And no, this isn't an add. Just some helpful information.)
JP Brooks
To: <[email protected]>
From: "nellebelle" <nellebelle@...>
Date sent: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 10:06:40 -0700
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Alliance for Separation of
School and State
Send reply to: [email protected]
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Sorry, I meant the previous issue of HEM. Her column in the most recent
issue is about writing cursive.
I really liked Sandra's article about late readers too. My mom was just
harping on me again about my just
turned 8 yod not reading. She can't understand why I'm not concerned. I
will definitely give her a copy of
that article.
Mary Ellen
----- Original Message ----- Did anybody read The Road Less Traveled in
the latest
HEM? I loved the baseball analogy.
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