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In a message dated 6/3/2004 4:39:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Being unschoolers REQUIRES (and therefore can be
seen as harder!) a new level of being responsible for one's own
decisions/choices.  These are the most important lessons! 
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I think this is very true -- and no matter how you homeschool, it's a big transition for anyone used to the school telling you what to do all the time.
 
I have to resist "doing" for grownups sometimes, too.
 
I have a private school for hsers called Florida Unschoolers. It's one of the paperwork options here in Fla.
 
Some new FUers ask me, repeatedly, whether there is a form to fill out to register, what form they should use to report attendance, how they should schedule their "school year."
 
It is a big adjustment for a lot of people to hear: "There is no registration form -- send me the info in a lettter or note, there is no one attendance format, make up your own, there is no one school year, make up your own (180 day min) schedule or lack thereof, report what makes sense, learning happens all the time, this is just the paperwork, it will barely reflect the reality of your hsing."
 
It would be easier, I think to myself, to just go ahead and make up a form for registration, make up a standard attendance form, tell folks what my school's school year is.
 
But I think it is better to leave all those decisions with the families and not get into the whole "I am in charge of your schedule" thing.
 
It is about ownership and responsibility for your own time and schedule -- and, imo, if the families have to think about it, even just for a minute, rather than just filling in a form I provide, it will be more "theirs."
 
And I think that's a good thing. :)
 
Nance
 
 

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In a message dated 6/3/2004 10:47:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, marbleface@... writes:
I think this is very true -- and no matter how you homeschool, it's a big transition for anyone used to the school telling you what to do all the time.<<<<<
 
 
But for school-at-homer (doh!) kids, it can be even worse!
 
Schooled kids can at least come home to get away from a creepy teacher. Kids whose mom is teacher and dad is principal have no where to turn.
 
They also have little to no say in what they are going to learn. Abeka, Sonlight, Bob Jones---when they're tied to a curriculum, they're still being told what to do, how to do it, and what time period to do it in.
 
It's sad. But it's true.
 
~Kelly

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In a message dated 6/3/2004 9:56:41 AM US Eastern Standard Time, marbleface@... writes:



But I think it is better to leave all those decisions with the families and not get into the whole "I am in charge of your schedule" thing.

It is about ownership and responsibility for your own time and schedule -- and, imo, if the families have to think about it, even just for a minute, rather than just filling in a form I provide, it will be more "theirs."

And I think that's a good thing. :)

Nance



i have a question,i have emailed nancy personally  but i forgot about this,i started un/home-schooling in january,after a feasco at a small fundemental baptist church.my question.....
if i register with your unschool,or alternative education ins.,,or what ever,do i still need to do an evaluation for Jan-May??
and just another comment,as far as homeschooling is concerned,,which im not even going to bring up the word UNSCHOOLING,,,because the crap involved isnt worth it ,,,i get enough from them knowing ,,,oh,my god,,,shes homeschooling  them,,,geez..
JUNE