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Hi everyone!

I'm Ellen and have been unschooling for about 6.5 years now since we took our
son out of school in the middle of first grade. We did try school-at-home
for about 6 weeks or so... It was miserable! I read some unschooling books
(by Holt) and magazines (GWS) and talked to unschoolers and it began to sink
in little by little.

My kids are boys ages 13 and 10 and a dd age 4.5 yrs. We just moved to TX
but are from MA (me) and ME (dh). So TX is very different and hot! But a
good place to homeschool - no reporting! We are Christians which makes it
interesting as most Christian hsers I know just don't get unschooling <g>.
Sometimes I just avoid the "u" word and say we are 'really relaxed'.

Great list! I've enjoyed Sandra's thoughts (and others) for a long time now,
from years ago on aol even.

~Ellen

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"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of
instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiousity of inquiry;
for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need
of freedom."
-- Albert Einstein


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