Re: Brit home educating
meghan anderson
<<<<It's a growing movement though but I've yet to
meet a christian Home
educator.
Shyrley>>>>
I only ever met one Christian, home educating for
religious reasons (in the UK). I know there are a few,
but definitely not the majority.
Meghan
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meet a christian Home
educator.
Shyrley>>>>
I only ever met one Christian, home educating for
religious reasons (in the UK). I know there are a few,
but definitely not the majority.
Meghan
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Shyrley
meghan anderson wrote:
school-at-home-types. There were about thirty families in the area I
lived and we all met up frequently and all were unschoolers. Coming to
curriculum-land (US) has been a huge shock. When I say we unschool and
that the children direct their own learning, pretty much doing what they
like, even if it three weeks on the Nintendo, they shake their heads
with horror. I know several women who test frequently in order to make
sure their kids are 'ahead' of the schools.
Virginia law requires testing once a year (unfortunately). I haven't
really thought about what I'll do if that ever arises but for now the
education authorities remain ignorant of my presence :)
Next year we move to New York state which is even more draconian. Sigh.
Shyrley
Happy New Year and an absence of hangovers to you all ;-)
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> <<<<It's a growing movement though but I've yet toThey don't really mix with other people either. The same goes for
> meet a christian Home
> educator.
>
> Shyrley>>>>
>
> I only ever met one Christian, home educating for
> religious reasons (in the UK). I know there are a few,
> but definitely not the majority.
>
> Meghan
>
school-at-home-types. There were about thirty families in the area I
lived and we all met up frequently and all were unschoolers. Coming to
curriculum-land (US) has been a huge shock. When I say we unschool and
that the children direct their own learning, pretty much doing what they
like, even if it three weeks on the Nintendo, they shake their heads
with horror. I know several women who test frequently in order to make
sure their kids are 'ahead' of the schools.
Virginia law requires testing once a year (unfortunately). I haven't
really thought about what I'll do if that ever arises but for now the
education authorities remain ignorant of my presence :)
Next year we move to New York state which is even more draconian. Sigh.
Shyrley
Happy New Year and an absence of hangovers to you all ;-)
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meghan anderson
<<<<There were about thirty families in the area I
lived and we all met up frequently and all were
unschoolers. Coming to
curriculum-land (US) has been a huge shock.>>>>
That's kind of what I meant about finding it hard to
adjust to life over here. I didn't know one single
family who did 'school at home', we were all
unschoolers (there were 25-30 families in my area). I
miss the comraderie and connections we had there :-(
We also had a 'learning centre' a 5 minute walk from
our house. Lucy (the person who started and ran it)
collaborated with Roland Meighan to start it up, it
was excellent. It was a place where kids could go to
hang out and there was loads of stuff around for them
to dip into if they wanted. Lucy also scheduled people
to come and present specific topics (french, science
projects/labs, and whatever else there might be an
interest in). I wish there were enough unschoolers
around here to start up a similar centre. Sigh.
<<<<Virginia law requires testing once a year
(unfortunately). I haven't really thought about what
I'll do if that ever arises but for now the education
authorities remain ignorant of my presence :)
Next year we move to New York state which is even more
draconian. Sigh.
Shyrley>>>>
We stayed "underground" last year (we came over in Oct
2000). Luckily, it seems pretty easy and
straightforward to unschool in California. Good luck.
Meghan
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lived and we all met up frequently and all were
unschoolers. Coming to
curriculum-land (US) has been a huge shock.>>>>
That's kind of what I meant about finding it hard to
adjust to life over here. I didn't know one single
family who did 'school at home', we were all
unschoolers (there were 25-30 families in my area). I
miss the comraderie and connections we had there :-(
We also had a 'learning centre' a 5 minute walk from
our house. Lucy (the person who started and ran it)
collaborated with Roland Meighan to start it up, it
was excellent. It was a place where kids could go to
hang out and there was loads of stuff around for them
to dip into if they wanted. Lucy also scheduled people
to come and present specific topics (french, science
projects/labs, and whatever else there might be an
interest in). I wish there were enough unschoolers
around here to start up a similar centre. Sigh.
<<<<Virginia law requires testing once a year
(unfortunately). I haven't really thought about what
I'll do if that ever arises but for now the education
authorities remain ignorant of my presence :)
Next year we move to New York state which is even more
draconian. Sigh.
Shyrley>>>>
We stayed "underground" last year (we came over in Oct
2000). Luckily, it seems pretty easy and
straightforward to unschool in California. Good luck.
Meghan
Happy New Year and an absence of hangovers to you all ;-)
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