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Welcome Jonathan,
I'm sorry you had such a tough time in school. Unfortunatly, this is not
uncommon. Which is why we do what we do. I'm sure I have at least one
learning disability. Unfortunatly, these things were not easily diagnosed 30
years ago. My oldest daughter is dyslexic, ADD, and has processing speed
disorder. I'm glad we knew early on that school is the wrong place for kids
like her. I had a miserable kindergartener. Now I've got a bright, vibrant,
happy second grader. I'm so glad we "saw the light". Hopefully, you will go
on to live a happy and fufilled adulthood. I'm sure your input on this list
will be appreciated (although some folks might like it if you tone down your
language a bit-some of us have little ones ahnging around the computer with
us).
Welcome Again,
Amy
unschooling mom to 3 girls
Samantha 7, Dana 4, Casey 2
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Mooney <jonathanmooney@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 2:55 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: introduction


> 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
>
>
>
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