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In a message dated 8/3/2004 12:26:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
goza@... writes:

What is U-D? Are there only 1000 unschoolers in the US?<<<<


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(mailto:[email protected]) The "mother" of all unschooling e-groups. <g> A bit "in your
face" if you're not quite up to examining unschooling and really getting into its
discussion. That's why this list is here----to help you move in that
direction! <G> We'd like everyone to eventually get to the point that they can
"handle" that group. But this group, U-B, is more,....well...."basic"----and
we're willing to let you take it more slowly if you need it. We'll still
challenge you and your thinking! You'd better believe it, but we try to be "gentle"!
<g>

There are other unschooling groups---there's radicalunschooling and oh---I
don't know---several others. I was on all of them at one time (41 e-lists!),
but I've whittled it down to a dozen or so now.

We're a small subset of homeschoolers. They guess there are about 2 million
children being homschooled----wild guess, as there are no real numbers. I'll
make an even wilder guess (pulled right out of my butt!) that there are
probably 10-12,000 children whose parents who call themselves unschoolers, with
only about 4-5,000 of those actually understanding the philosophy and putting
it into practice. (We're so cool, some folks just want to be *called*
unschoolers! <G>)

Most "school-at-home" with curricula and "school hours"---sometimes even
"recess". The smallest group of homeschoolers is probably unschoolers. But it's
my guess that it's the fastest growing group----especially among homeschoolers
looking for a "better way".

I think a lot of attachment parents come to unschooling naturally first
(without the stopover into school or school-at-home). But I'm guessing that most
unschoolers come from school-at-home that didn't work the way they thought it
would. Burn out, too much structure, seeing unschoolers have more fun. <g>
We're winning them over by the truckload! <bwg>

~Kelly


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eriksmama2001

U-D is gentle compared to freethinking_unschoolers. lol.

We came to unschooling from attachment parenting also. Trust not
schooling makes the world go round. Fear used to make my world stop.
I like the trust ride much better. It was a long path to get here
though.

I guess number of children unschooled is a sad commentary on the USA
and trust in relationships. Severe understatement to say the least.
Now the whole world doesn't trust USA, the bully.

But every individual makes a difference. It starts with one, and
there have been many ahead of me.


Pat





--- In [email protected], kbcdlovejo@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/3/2004 12:26:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> goza@m... writes:
>
> What is U-D? Are there only 1000 unschoolers in the US?<<<<
>
>
> [email protected]_
> (mailto:[email protected]) The "mother" of
all unschooling e-groups. <g> A bit "in your
> face" if you're not quite up to examining unschooling and really
getting into its
> discussion. That's why this list is here----to help you move in
that
> direction! <G> We'd like everyone to eventually get to the point
that they can
> "handle" that group. But this group, U-B, is
more,....well...."basic"----and
> we're willing to let you take it more slowly if you need it. We'll
still
> challenge you and your thinking! You'd better believe it, but we
try to be "gentle"!
> <g>
>
> There are other unschooling groups---there's radicalunschooling and
oh---I
> don't know---several others. I was on all of them at one time (41 e-
lists!),
> but I've whittled it down to a dozen or so now.
>
> We're a small subset of homeschoolers. They guess there are about 2
million
> children being homschooled----wild guess, as there are no real
numbers. I'll
> make an even wilder guess (pulled right out of my butt!) that there
are
> probably 10-12,000 children whose parents who call themselves
unschoolers, with
> only about 4-5,000 of those actually understanding the philosophy
and putting
> it into practice. (We're so cool, some folks just want to be
*called*
> unschoolers! <G>)
>
> Most "school-at-home" with curricula and "school hours"---sometimes
even
> "recess". The smallest group of homeschoolers is probably
unschoolers. But it's
> my guess that it's the fastest growing group----especially among
homeschoolers
> looking for a "better way".
>
> I think a lot of attachment parents come to unschooling naturally
first
> (without the stopover into school or school-at-home). But I'm
guessing that most
> unschoolers come from school-at-home that didn't work the way they
thought it
> would. Burn out, too much structure, seeing unschoolers have more
fun. <g>
> We're winning them over by the truckload! <bwg>
>
> ~Kelly
>
>
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