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Tamara Shand
Greetings,
I've been trying to search the archives in the Always Learning group but when I do it says: "Oops. You need to be a moderator to perform this action." Is this happening for anyone else? I can search my other groups just not Always Learning.
I'm looking for ideas for combining unschooling with paid work. Since I tend to get the most insightful and creative advice on this list I'm keen to tap into its collective wisdom.
Many thanks in advance,
Tamara
I've been trying to search the archives in the Always Learning group but when I do it says: "Oops. You need to be a moderator to perform this action." Is this happening for anyone else? I can search my other groups just not Always Learning.
I'm looking for ideas for combining unschooling with paid work. Since I tend to get the most insightful and creative advice on this list I'm keen to tap into its collective wisdom.
Many thanks in advance,
Tamara
Sandra Dodd
-=-I'm looking for ideas for combining unschooling with paid work. Since I tend to get the most insightful and creative advice on this list I'm keen to tap into its collective wisdom. -=-
First question: You intend to counsel unschoolers for money, by using the ideas from Always Learning? I'm half flattered and half thinking people should stop taking money to give away what's already free. :-)
But as to searching the archives, it doesn't look like it should. Right at the top at the site there's a box that says "Search Conversations," in grey letters. Is that not working for you?
Yahoogroups used to be clean, clear, and easy to use. Nowadays, not so much.
Sandra
Juliet Kemp
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:28:50AM -0600, Sandra Dodd
Sandra@... [AlwaysLearning] wrote:
of paid work can fit around unschooling, rather than ideas to make
unschooling *be* paid.
In general, freelancing / work from home is more likely to be able to
fit around kids than work where you have to show up at a specific time
somewhere. And it'll depend what age your kid(s) are. Little kids might
nap, and you can get a bit of work done then. Big kids might need a bit
less all-the-time input (or so I gather; my kid is little :) ) so if you
can be interruptable you might be able to do some of your own work.
What sort of freelancing depends on what you're good at. I write. If you
have another skill, like accountancy or proofreading or web design or...
(something else, those were the ones that sprang to mind) then you
might be able to use that freelance. Something where it doesn't matter
when you're doing the work as long as you hit a deadline.
If you have a partner, can you work while they're home and with the
kids? (My partner and I share childcare-time and paid-work-time between
us.) Or if you have family or friends that your kids are happy to spend
time with, can you make use of that? (Not going to work with
unschooling if the kids aren't happy, but if a day a week at
Granny's/Uncle Whoever's is fun for everyone then perhaps that's an
option. My toddler LOVES hanging out with a close friend of mine.)
Some stay-at-home parents do craft stuff, but that's usually very badly
paid, although it can work well around unschooling. (Not that many
people are prepared to pay for the time that handmade things take to
make.)
You might get ideas from some stay-at-home parent facebook groups or
other things. Even if they're not unschoolers, some of the issues are
the same and it might spark more ideas.
Juliet
Sandra@... [AlwaysLearning] wrote:
> =====I read the original question as asking for ideas as to what sorts/types
> -=-I'm looking for ideas for combining unschooling with paid work.
> Since I tend to get the most insightful and creative advice on this
> list I'm keen to tap into its collective wisdom. -=-
>
> First question: You intend to counsel unschoolers for money, by using
> the ideas from Always Learning? I'm half flattered and half thinking
> people should stop taking money to give away what's already free. :-)
> =====
of paid work can fit around unschooling, rather than ideas to make
unschooling *be* paid.
In general, freelancing / work from home is more likely to be able to
fit around kids than work where you have to show up at a specific time
somewhere. And it'll depend what age your kid(s) are. Little kids might
nap, and you can get a bit of work done then. Big kids might need a bit
less all-the-time input (or so I gather; my kid is little :) ) so if you
can be interruptable you might be able to do some of your own work.
What sort of freelancing depends on what you're good at. I write. If you
have another skill, like accountancy or proofreading or web design or...
(something else, those were the ones that sprang to mind) then you
might be able to use that freelance. Something where it doesn't matter
when you're doing the work as long as you hit a deadline.
If you have a partner, can you work while they're home and with the
kids? (My partner and I share childcare-time and paid-work-time between
us.) Or if you have family or friends that your kids are happy to spend
time with, can you make use of that? (Not going to work with
unschooling if the kids aren't happy, but if a day a week at
Granny's/Uncle Whoever's is fun for everyone then perhaps that's an
option. My toddler LOVES hanging out with a close friend of mine.)
Some stay-at-home parents do craft stuff, but that's usually very badly
paid, although it can work well around unschooling. (Not that many
people are prepared to pay for the time that handmade things take to
make.)
You might get ideas from some stay-at-home parent facebook groups or
other things. Even if they're not unschoolers, some of the issues are
the same and it might spark more ideas.
Juliet
Sandra Dodd
-=-I read the original question as asking for ideas as to what sorts/types
of paid work can fit around unschooling, rather than ideas to make
unschooling *be* paid. -=-
of paid work can fit around unschooling, rather than ideas to make
unschooling *be* paid. -=-
Oh. You're probably right.
If that's in the archives, it's not the purpose of this discussion.
We need to be talking about how unschooling works, how learning works, how an enriched environment works.
Sandra
chris ester
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Sandra Dodd Sandra@... [AlwaysLearning] <[email protected]> wrote:
Right at the top at the site there's a box that says "Search Conversations," in grey letters. Is that not working for you?I cannot speak for all of Yahoogroups, but on the couple of groups that I moderate we have found that searching conversations is nearly impossible because you need the number of the message. Also, as the owner, your view of the group may be different. Yahoo may have changed the settings on you when your group got "Neo'd". You may or may not be able to change it back.
Yahoogroups used to be clean, clear, and easy to use. Nowadays, not so much.You certainly nailed it with this statement!Chris
chris ester
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:55 PM, chris ester <chris.homeschool@...> wrote:
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Sandra Dodd Sandra@... [AlwaysLearning] <[email protected]> wrote:
Right at the top at the site there's a box that says "Search Conversations," in grey letters. Is that not working for you?I cannot speak for all of Yahoogroups, but on the couple of groups that I moderate we have found that searching conversations is nearly impossible because you need the number of the message. Also, as the owner, your view of the group may be different. Yahoo may have changed the settings on you when your group got "Neo'd". You may or may not be able to change it back.I realized I may not have been entirely clear. When I said "your view", I meant what you see when you look at the group website.--chris
Yahoogroups used to be clean, clear, and easy to use. Nowadays, not so much.You certainly nailed it with this statement!Chris