Annette Naake

Nance, the ladies are $50 every time they come. We have a small house, 2
bedrooms, 1 bath. So, it costs us $100 a month, and yes, I should be saving
that for the 3yo's college, but then I would lose my mind amid the mess long
before I saw him in his cap and gown. Another thing I love about these
housekeepers is there are six of them and they are done in 45 minutes or
less. They pile out of their van and deploy to every room of the house,
while I grab the boys and flee. I've tried having one person do it but it
takes half a day and it's a bother having someone in the house that long.

Annette
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Jonathan Mooney

Hey all,

righ off the bat you'll going to have to excuse the spelling of anything i
post--i just a little on the dyslixic side of things.

I also have a little confushion to make. I am 22 just over the teen list
age. But i thought i'd indroduce myself, my work, and see if you'll will
make an exception. I joined the list becuase i had a fucking nightmare
exsperince in school and i feel that i could be a resouce for people in the
unschooling population who stuggle wiht Learning disabities.

I was diagnossed with Dyslixia in four grade and depression as a reulst of
living in fucking systmes that can not understand diffrence. I did not
actually learn to read untill i was 12--at that point the shame,
hummilation, and anger that felt towards a school system that was
systemcially teaching me that i was worthless and stupid was to much to
bear--i dorped out with the support of my partents completly. i have to say
that perioed was one of the most difficult times in mylife--sucicde was
cerntently on my mind most of the time. our schools have so much power and
this power if very rearlly quested--in the end they are more concered with
socilzaing conformaty then empowering people as thinkers. But when you are
12 that shit is to hard to understand specfically when the common
assocation with a learning disabilty is that you are stupid that spelling
is a direct indication of how your minds works.

But my story does that end there. I was lucky to be a gifted soccer player
and reenrooled under that pignoned indenty which schools are so quick to
give out. I ended up barging graduating and reviving a school scholarship....


But i decided to drop soccer a go with of all things writing (there is a
lot of shit left out here in the abriged vershion--problmes wiht achohall,
a coulpe of artsest, tranfersing unversityies, you the good stuff). Now I
am a recent graduate for Brown University and author of the forth coming
book entitled Learning Outside the Lines (Simon & Schuster, September
2000). It book is based on the success stories of me and my co-author. It
starts with my journey from being a sixth grade drop and then turns to my
co-author--diagnosed with ADHD in second grade, high school drop out turned
IVY league student also. Together we then explore and outline the learning
strategies that we have used to be successful as alternative learns, to be
successful as people learn out side the lines.


This book dirctly attacks that fucked things about ourschools and its goals
it to outline a road map for learning outside the lines, it takes the
reader on a journey towards personal empowerment and profound educational
change.

I believe that all kids deserve an education that is about freedom,
empowerment, and educational revolution. you guys have mad courge for
pursing an education that is fucking truly outside the lines. i wish this
tyep of enviorment would of been around for me.

if i can be of any help, around the issue of ld, or aroudn the isseu of
going to college after untraditional education please feel free to contatct
any time. here is my contact information:

address: 46 E29th St. New York, New York 0016
work: 212-889-1868
cell: 917-553-4820

cheers all

Jonathan Mooney