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In a message dated 8/23/02 7:01:14 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:

FAB response Joyce!!! I don't think the Coke snorting thing would go over as
well with the poor lady. :)
I have to wonder if she's using the term unschooling when she means
homeschooling?

Ren

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If this Conrad and Lydia Menapolit are giving workshops on the subject, why
can I not find them at google?
Apparently it's not the up and coming homeschool rage that this crazy woman
thinks it is.

Ren

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In a message dated 8/23/02 12:13:58 PM Central Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:


>
>
>
>
>
> If this Conrad and Lydia Menapolit are giving workshops on the subject, why
> can I not find them at google?
> Apparently it's not the up and coming homeschool rage that this crazy woman
> thinks it is.
>
>

Is it just me or do the names Conrad and Lydia Menapolit belong to the evil
villain(s) in a children's book?
<eg>
~Nancy


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In a message dated 8/23/02 2:52:57 PM, Dnowens@... writes:

<< Conrad and Lydia Menapolit belong to the evil
villain(s) in a children's book? >>

Boris and Natasha meet Cruella de Ville you mean?
"Comrade Konrad and Lydia Mensapolite lured the children into their Austrian
chateaux with promises of enrichment for the gifted..."

I am curious, but I don't expect the "movement" to go far. When a family's
priority is giftedness, they often end up putting their kids back in school.
Maybe it won't happen here, but I'm thinking of half a dozen families who
talked long and hard about unschooling but ended up putting the kids in
private schools so they could brag about the costs and the opportunities.
And honestly, there ARE opportunities just from being in and around privately
schooled kids. So it's not evil all in and of itself.

I do feel sorry for kids who are identified as "third graders" or
"schoolkids" or "profoundly gifted" or any other thing besides their name or
their relationship to other real people. Carol's daughter, Kirby's friend,
Liam's sister, the girl who works at the wildlife center--those things
describe a Renee who's a regular in our lives. I like "Renee," when people
will know who it is!

Sandra

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In a message dated 8/23/02 4:10:27 PM Central Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:


> << Conrad and Lydia Menapolit belong to the evil
> villain(s) in a children's book? >>
>
> Boris and Natasha meet Cruella de Ville you mean?
> "Comrade Konrad and Lydia Mensapolite lured the children into their
> Austrian
> chateaux with promises of enrichment for the gifted..."

So, does Ms. Lydia Mensapolite have polite menses? How does that name work,
Sandra? <eg>

>I am curious, but I don't expect the "movement" to go far. When a family's
>priority is giftedness, they often end up putting their kids back in school.
>Maybe it won't happen here, but I'm thinking of half a dozen families who
>talked long and hard about unschooling but ended up putting the kids in
>private schools so they could brag about the costs and the opportunities.
>And honestly, there ARE opportunities just from being in and around
privately
>schooled kids. So it's not evil all in and of itself.

A friend of mine was extolling the benefits and opportunities of private
schools the other day. She went on and on about the networking and social
skills ones child would gain by attending a private school. I don't think
there are any private schools in our area like this, but I could understand
this if we were on the East or West coasts (of America) or somewhere
overseas. Although I could see (in our area) the benefits of being able to
hobnob with the bigwigs at Boeing, Goodyear, Sprint, or the farmers at the
local co-op.

>I do feel sorry for kids who are identified as "third graders" or
>"schoolkids" or "profoundly gifted" or any other thing besides their name or
>their relationship to other real people. Carol's daughter, Kirby's friend,
>Liam's sister, the girl who works at the wildlife center--those things
>describe a Renee who's a regular in our lives. I like "Renee," when people
>will know who it is!

>Sandra

I must have made the mistake once (or twice <g>) of, when asked by someone
what grade Moly was in, saying "Since she is x years old I suppose she would
be in x grade." Now Moly tells people she is in x grade. It frustrates me,
more because I am sure it is my fault, but I have tried to explain that she
shouldn't limit herself or define herself into such a small box. She doesn't
seem to get it though.

~Nancy


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In a message dated 8/23/02 3:57:16 PM, Dnowens@... writes:

<< Mensa >>

It was a polite Mensa joke.
a giftedness dig


But it could be
men SAP olite
or
men SAPO lite

Sandra

Fetteroll

on 8/23/02 5:56 PM, Dnowens@... at Dnowens@... wrote:

> Now Moly tells people she is in x grade. It frustrates me,
> more because I am sure it is my fault, but I have tried to explain that she
> shouldn't limit herself or define herself into such a small box. She doesn't
> seem to get it though.

But it doesn't mean the same thing to her as it does to those of us trying
to escape the box of school. I'd bet to her it's just another way of telling
peope how old she is. (A way that people oddly seem more interested in than
her actual age. Just one of those weirdnesses of adults ;-) To her it's no
more of a box than being 6 or 9 or 15.

Joyce

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In a message dated 8/23/02 7:35:43 PM Central Daylight Time,
fetteroll@... writes:


> But it doesn't mean the same thing to her as it does to those of us trying
> to escape the box of school. I'd bet to her it's just another way of telling
> peope how old she is. (A way that people oddly seem more interested in than
> her actual age. Just one of those weirdnesses of adults ;-) To her it's no
> more of a box than being 6 or 9 or 15.
>
> Joyce

Very true! I never thought of it that way. I just assumed that because she
had heard me make that statement that she was also putting herself into that
school equation. Thanks Joyce!
~Nancy


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mary krzyzanowski

menopolit sounds awfully close to manipulate
Mary-NY


>From: Dnowens@...
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Accelerated unschooling
>Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:51:55 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/23/02 12:13:58 PM Central Daylight Time,
>starsuncloud@... writes:
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If this Conrad and Lydia Menapolit are giving workshops on the subject,
>why
> > can I not find them at google?
> > Apparently it's not the up and coming homeschool rage that this crazy
>woman
> > thinks it is.
> >
> >
>
>Is it just me or do the names Conrad and Lydia Menapolit belong to the evil
>villain(s) in a children's book?
><eg>
>~Nancy
>
>
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