adult homeschooler
Kate Green
I thought perhaps I'd share this story with you guys about my siblings. I
always think it's nice to see stories about adult homeschoolers as it gives
me additional courage to really know that what our family is doing "works."
My sister is now 22 and we pulled her and her twin brother out of public
school at age 13. They pretty much deschooled and then unschooled after
that and both have associate degrees but have taken interesting paths. Tim
spent a year Euro-railing around Europe and then followed his childhood
interest by spending another year in Paris at the Cordon Bleu cooking
school. He is now doing an internship on a cruiseship that travels around
the world. He's just been promoted to assistant chef which is good. He
LOVES what he does.
And my sister Joanna is currently visiting us in Abu Dhabi after teaching
for the last few months in Africa. While in Kenya, teaching near Lake
Nikuru, she met some people who travel every weekend to work in a Sudanese
refugee camp in Uganda. They gradually shared with her all about the
history and culture of Sudan and she has amazed us all with her knowledge
and desire to know more.
Anyway she visited the camp and has now been offered a teaching position
there. So when she leaves us in 6 weeks she is heading back to Kenya and
then on to Uganda (a 14 hour bus ride across very bumpy terrain).
The 8 American volunteers live in an armed encampment an hour away from the
camp with running water and electricity. The British volunteers live in
grass-roofed clay houses in the camp and haul water from the well -- they
go to bed when it's dark as there is no electricity. Jo has opted to stay
with the Brits as she believes it is wrong to live differently than the
people you are trying to help.
She took loads of photos and is now trying to find friends of hers back in
the US to sponsor some kids of a new friend of hers who is dying of AIDS.
The father died last year and the mother is almost dead and cannot afford
medication. The grandparents will love and care for the two children (4 and
5 and no HIV) but have no money for school fees.
Jo also wants to go back and help an old woman she met in the refugee camp.
The woman is very sick and elderly and gets very little care. When Jo met
her it had rained for a few days and since you can see daylight in the
holes in her straw roof tiny house, she was living in deep mud. The aid
workers try and help but they have 15,000 people to care for.
As she showed me the pictures, Jo cried for these people and vowed to share
their stories. Her goal is to educate people about the plight of the
Sudanese who have been at war for many years and are often forgotten.
She has also decided that when she goes back to the US she would like to
finish her BS in archaeology partly because of her desire to try and go and
study caves in Sudan that have ancient but nonstudied drawings and relics
in them.
While she is here in Abu Dhabi she is going to volunteer at the UNICEF
office so she can get experience in the fund-raising side of aid
organizations.
Anyhow I thought I'd update you guys on her continuing education so far.
Pretty good for a kid who spent her first two years hs'ing (she didn't gain
freedom until age 13) watching television and whining about mom not buying
her enough "stuff."
Kate -- a braggy sister:)
always think it's nice to see stories about adult homeschoolers as it gives
me additional courage to really know that what our family is doing "works."
My sister is now 22 and we pulled her and her twin brother out of public
school at age 13. They pretty much deschooled and then unschooled after
that and both have associate degrees but have taken interesting paths. Tim
spent a year Euro-railing around Europe and then followed his childhood
interest by spending another year in Paris at the Cordon Bleu cooking
school. He is now doing an internship on a cruiseship that travels around
the world. He's just been promoted to assistant chef which is good. He
LOVES what he does.
And my sister Joanna is currently visiting us in Abu Dhabi after teaching
for the last few months in Africa. While in Kenya, teaching near Lake
Nikuru, she met some people who travel every weekend to work in a Sudanese
refugee camp in Uganda. They gradually shared with her all about the
history and culture of Sudan and she has amazed us all with her knowledge
and desire to know more.
Anyway she visited the camp and has now been offered a teaching position
there. So when she leaves us in 6 weeks she is heading back to Kenya and
then on to Uganda (a 14 hour bus ride across very bumpy terrain).
The 8 American volunteers live in an armed encampment an hour away from the
camp with running water and electricity. The British volunteers live in
grass-roofed clay houses in the camp and haul water from the well -- they
go to bed when it's dark as there is no electricity. Jo has opted to stay
with the Brits as she believes it is wrong to live differently than the
people you are trying to help.
She took loads of photos and is now trying to find friends of hers back in
the US to sponsor some kids of a new friend of hers who is dying of AIDS.
The father died last year and the mother is almost dead and cannot afford
medication. The grandparents will love and care for the two children (4 and
5 and no HIV) but have no money for school fees.
Jo also wants to go back and help an old woman she met in the refugee camp.
The woman is very sick and elderly and gets very little care. When Jo met
her it had rained for a few days and since you can see daylight in the
holes in her straw roof tiny house, she was living in deep mud. The aid
workers try and help but they have 15,000 people to care for.
As she showed me the pictures, Jo cried for these people and vowed to share
their stories. Her goal is to educate people about the plight of the
Sudanese who have been at war for many years and are often forgotten.
She has also decided that when she goes back to the US she would like to
finish her BS in archaeology partly because of her desire to try and go and
study caves in Sudan that have ancient but nonstudied drawings and relics
in them.
While she is here in Abu Dhabi she is going to volunteer at the UNICEF
office so she can get experience in the fund-raising side of aid
organizations.
Anyhow I thought I'd update you guys on her continuing education so far.
Pretty good for a kid who spent her first two years hs'ing (she didn't gain
freedom until age 13) watching television and whining about mom not buying
her enough "stuff."
Kate -- a braggy sister:)
Sharon Rudd
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