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Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Marcie and unschool my 8
year old son. We are in Massachusetts and I am always scared that our
school district will give us a hard time, try to test him, etc. How do
you all get around your state laws to really, truly unschool in freedom?
My husband comes from a family of school teachers and they are REALLY
driving me crazy...

Nice to find this group!
Marcie : )

"There is nothing good or bad, thinking
makes it so." ~Shakespeare

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoodThinking/

Sandra Dodd

On Dec 26, 2005, at 5:46 PM, ISE777@... wrote:

> -=-How do
> you all get around your state laws to really, truly unschool in
> freedom?-=-


State law questions are best answered on state lists or by people you
find in your own state.

http://sandradodd.com/local

There are some other lists here:
http://sandradodd.com/lists/other

and though you should stay here too, you might want to join
UnschoolingBasics in addition.

-=-We are in Massachusetts and I am always scared that our
school district will give us a hard time, try to test him, etc.-=-

I'm going to quote the germ of that statement:

-=-I am always scared-=-

Breathe deep breaths in and out when you think of it, and try to
think of it more often.

Massachusetts does have more laws than any two states put together
need, but there are lots of people there doing this, and there will
be a conference in Peabody in May. You should hook up with those
people and plan to go! (See the first link above.)

Meeting other unschoolers will boost your confidence, as will reading
and trying lots of the ideas you find.
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling

Here's Joyce's page, and she's in Massachusetts:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fetteroll/rejoycing/

Sandra

Joyce Fetteroll

On Dec 26, 2005, at 9:38 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> Massachusetts does have more laws than any two states put together
> need

Actually the case law isn't too bad it's just that each town can make
it's own interpretation. And if there's just one homeschooler in a
town it can feel intimidating to tell the authorities that they're
asking too much.

The two secular state groups are:

Massachusetts Home Learning Association
http://mhla.org/

Advocates for Home Education in Massachusetts
http://www.ahem.info/

They both have articles on how to approach the case laws. I know MHLA
has an emai list. Not sure about AHEM.

There's also

NewEnglandUnschooling list:
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Dora Rui

My Dh and his sis are both ps teachers and she is very involved with Jocelyn have kinda been those voices. What I do to allay questions is that every few weeks I enthusiastically tell her what Jocelyn has been doing...such as oh...she's been writing her numbers to 100 and beyond and we are reading Peter Pan and she begs for it...and we are doing tons of phonics and usually sil is very satisfied. I don't tell her that I let my daughter initiate and that we are no longer doing math worksheets...oh she'd flip!

Dora



ISE777@... wrote:
Hello! Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Marcie and unschool my 8
year old son. We are in Massachusetts and I am always scared that our
school district will give us a hard time, try to test him, etc. How do
you all get around your state laws to really, truly unschool in freedom?
My husband comes from a family of school teachers and they are REALLY
driving me crazy...

Nice to find this group!
Marcie : )

"There is nothing good or bad, thinking
makes it so." ~Shakespeare

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoodThinking/



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