Elizabeth L.

Hello - Is there anybody in New Hampshire? I have just joined this group and am pretty new to unschooling (the ability to put a name to it at least).

Do you feel that your socioeconomic status is a driving force behind deciding to unschool - Can you do it without financial resources? Does there seem to be a common thread?

I know that this is right but could really use some confidence and family support but can't seem to get them to understand what is happening. Any suggestions? Readings?

Thanks!!
Elizabeth L

Oh yeah - I have two boys 4 and 7. My 7 has been fully emerged in "special education" since he was three. It is amazing how fast they learn when you take the stress away.

Elizabeth L.

Hello - Is there anybody in New Hampshire? I have just joined this group and am pretty new to unschooling (the ability to put a name to it at least).

Do you feel that your socioeconomic status is a driving force behind deciding to unschool - Can you do it without financial resources? Does there seem to be a common thread?

I know that this is right but could really use some confidence and family support but can't seem to get them to understand what is happening. Any suggestions? Readings?

Thanks!!
Elizabeth L

Oh yeah - I have two boys 4 and 7. My 7 has been fully emerged in "special education" since he was three. It is amazing how fast they learn when you take the stress away.

Manisha Kher

Welcome Elizabeth.

There's a New England unschooling group -
http://groups.yahoo.com/NewEnglandUnschooling/

There's another group that meets around Nashua or
Manchester. I can't think of it's name right now,
except that it somehow has "leap" in it.

Manisha

--- "Elizabeth L. " <cloudlady@...> wrote:

> Hello - Is there anybody in New Hampshire? I have
> just joined this group and am pretty new to
> unschooling (the ability to put a name to it at
> least).
>
> Do you feel that your socioeconomic status is a
> driving force behind deciding to unschool - Can you
> do it without financial resources? Does there seem
> to be a common thread?
>
> I know that this is right but could really use some
> confidence and family support but can't seem to get
> them to understand what is happening. Any
> suggestions? Readings?
>
> Thanks!!
> Elizabeth L
>
> Oh yeah - I have two boys 4 and 7. My 7 has been
> fully emerged in "special education" since he was
> three. It is amazing how fast they learn when you
> take the stress away.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> (Yahoo! ID required)
>
>
mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>



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Manisha Kher

Sorry. That link wasn't right. Here's the correct
link.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewEnglandUnschooling/

And the other group I mentioned is
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/L-E-A-P/

Manisha

--- Manisha Kher <m_kher@...> wrote:

> Welcome Elizabeth.
>
> There's a New England unschooling group -
> http://groups.yahoo.com/NewEnglandUnschooling/
>
> There's another group that meets around Nashua or
> Manchester. I can't think of it's name right now,
> except that it somehow has "leap" in it.
>
> Manisha
>
> --- "Elizabeth L. " <cloudlady@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello - Is there anybody in New Hampshire? I have
> > just joined this group and am pretty new to
> > unschooling (the ability to put a name to it at
> > least).
> >
> > Do you feel that your socioeconomic status is a
> > driving force behind deciding to unschool - Can
> you
> > do it without financial resources? Does there
> seem
> > to be a common thread?
> >
> > I know that this is right but could really use
> some
> > confidence and family support but can't seem to
> get
> > them to understand what is happening. Any
> > suggestions? Readings?
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Elizabeth L
> >
> > Oh yeah - I have two boys 4 and 7. My 7 has been
> > fully emerged in "special education" since he was
> > three. It is amazing how fast they learn when you
> > take the stress away.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> > (Yahoo! ID required)
> >
> >
>
mailto:[email protected]
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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> how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> (Yahoo! ID required)
>
>
mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>



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Debra Rossing

Well, you need enough resources to provide food, shelter, clothing and
such. But there are single parent unschooling families, families living
off seasonal income, one or both adults (if there are two in the
household) working from home, working shifts, working as contractors
(which can be an up and down income), there are unschooling households
that are using various forms of assistance, and so on. Just about any
household lifestyle that exists in the general populace, there are
unschooling families with that lifestyle, from the very well off to the
barely enough grocery money for the month, from urban to boonies rural
and everything in between including some folks who literally live on the
road - in a big old RV crisscrossing the country.

You might want to look for the New England Unschooling yahoo group for
more local contacts (waving up at you from CT).

Deb

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Melissa

>
> Well, you need enough resources to provide food, shelter, clothing
and
> such. But there are single parent unschooling families, families
living
> off seasonal income, one or both adults (if there are two in the
> household) working from home, working shifts, working as contractors
> (which can be an up and down income), there are unschooling
households
> that are using various forms of assistance, and so on. Just about
any
> household lifestyle that exists in the general populace, there are
> unschooling families with that lifestyle, from the very well off to
the
> barely enough grocery money for the month, from urban to boonies
rural
> and everything in between including some folks who literally live
on the
> road - in a big old RV crisscrossing the country.
>
> You might want to look for the New England Unschooling yahoo group
for
> more local contacts (waving up at you from CT).
>
> Deb
>
> I appreciated this comment, there are all sorts of us. I happen to
be one of the one's that is recieving some help from the government
for food. I also recieve child support and that helps alot. I did
work while my kids were in school but always had to quit in the
summers because of the cost of full time care was so high I would
just be making enough to send my kids to daycare. That was such a
miserable time , not because I didn't want to work, but I didnt want
to be away from my kids. I could work full time now, well if I found
someone to watch them but I dont want to lose anymore time with them.
So to the outside world I mostly look like a loser, who doesn't want
to work, but I work night and day to keep my household going, we all
know the deal, chef, taxi, event planner, schedule coordinator, it's
alot of work and very undervalued. According to some income calulator
I saw before stay at home parents would be recieveing about $123,000
a year if the position was a paid position. I wonder if a single
parent would be paid even higher because there is no one to share the
work with. So I stay home with my children even though I may be
looked upon badly, by to those who naysay, I say the little bit of
help I recieve each month is a good investment they get someone who
will impart values to their children and spend time with them so they
don't end up in jail. Sorry I rambled!

diana jenner

On Nov 15, 2007 6:42 AM, Debra Rossing <debra.rossing@...> wrote:

> Well, you need enough resources to provide food, shelter, clothing and
> such. But there are single parent unschooling families, families living
> off seasonal income, one or both adults (if there are two in the
> household) working from home, working shifts, working as contractors
> (which can be an up and down income), there are unschooling households
> that are using various forms of assistance, and so on. Just about any
> household lifestyle that exists in the general populace, there are
> unschooling families with that lifestyle, from the very well off to the
> barely enough grocery money for the month, from urban to boonies rural
> and everything in between including some folks who literally live on the
> road - in a big old RV crisscrossing the country.
>
>
>


I live on a very minimal amount, we have for almost 7 years since my DH
died. We've never qualified for food stamps and I've accepted rental
assistance (though the privacy invasion was never worth the tiny rent
discount). The kids have done team sports at the Y & art classes at the
local Art Pavilion, both with the help of scholarships. I've asked for
memberships to the zoo and museums as holiday gifts. Family has been really
good about gifting us with cards for the movie theatre, movie rentals and
the game store - fun stuff we can't always afford. I don't consider such
things *charity* ~ I figger I'm doing my part to give folks/organizations an
opportunity to be generous with someone deserving & incredibly grateful :D
Now that Hayden is 9, working is easier as he's better able to understand
the benefits of employment ($$) and able to figure out what he wants to do
while I'm working. I got a job at a GREAT local coffee shop where I can work
a day shift while Hayden stays home with Super Cool Boyfriend, Scotty, an
evening shift when Hayden can stay with my friends (also happen to be the
owners of said shop), or a night baking shift when he can come in with me
and read/watch movies/surf the net while I work.
This is the first job I've had as a single mama, so I can't talk to working
solo when kids are younger. When DH was alive, we worked opposite shifts to
accommodate the kids always being with one of us. There were times when H
was a baby that I worked as an interpreter for the Deaf (low hours & high
pay), we created a great arrangement with one of my stay-home-mama friends,
whom my kids adored and wanted to hang out with anyway.
--
~diana :)
xoxoxoxo
hannahbearski.blogspot.com


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-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth L. <cloudlady@...>


Do you feel that your socioeconomic status is a driving force behind
deciding to
unschool - Can you do it without financial resources? Does there seem
to be a
common thread?

-=-=-=-=

I think there is every socio-economic status represented here on these
lists. Seriously. I've been to several homes of list members, and in my
experience it's across the board!

Having money makes a LOT of things easier, including unschooling. But I
don't think unschooling has to be all that limited due to finances. I
think a computer is a must-have---even if you don't own one, just
having access to one is a biggie (the library comes to mind first!).
SOOO many things can be bought cheaply, borrowed, bartered for, worked
for, received as gifts, and found free (freecycle) that I can't imagine
a creative person not finding something he really needs cheaply.

The common thread? Trust, Respect, Generosity, Patience, Kindness, and
Curiosity.

-=-=-=-=-=-

I know that this is right but could really use some confidence and
family
support but can't seem to get them to understand what is happening.
Any
suggestions? Readings?

-=-=-=-=-=-

What family? Husband? or extended family? It's really none of the
extended family's business. Hubby needs to be as on board as possible.
What family do you mean?

Does anyone have that long, laundry list of books I sent here not too
long ago?

-=-=-=-==-

Oh yeah - I have two boys 4 and 7. My 7 has been fully emerged in
"special
education" since he was three. It is amazing how fast they learn when
you take
the stress away.

-=-=-=-=-

Abraham Maslow. NO ONE learns when under extreme stress. The more
peaceful and gentle the environment is, the more an individual can
learn. Schools are difficult places to learn.


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org





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