Lynda

That's him and he did writing for various magazines and stuff, I think. At
anyrate, I'm not giving my life history to some nut magazine just to read
the article. Guess I'll just have to keep wondering <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Ferguson" <crma@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] [NHEN-SpeakOut] Homeschooling in the News
4/23/01


>
>
> Lynda wrote:
> >
> > The Bill Bennett that was on the list was a "fundy" (he called himself
this
> > and he and I discussed "good" fundies and 3Rs, so this was not a bad
thing
> > <g>). He was very conservative and left (don't know if he returned) to
join
> > a Christian men's homeschooling list (I think, mommy brain is kinda
foggy
> > sometimes). At any rate, I think he wrote articles and just wondered if
it
> > were one and the same.
> >
>
> Are you thinking of the one who signed his name BBB, lived in Indiana or
> some place near there? And was mostly a stay at home dad? Check out the
> middle initial. BBB used to be on HEM-networking and the NHEN lists.
>
> --
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> Cindy Ferguson
> crma@...
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Lynda wrote:<< That's him and he did writing for various magazines and stuff,
I think. At any rate, I'm not giving my life history to some nut magazine
just to read
the article. Guess I'll just have to keep wondering <g>

Lynda --

Don't keep wondering. :) You didn't miss anything. From that website (which
feels creepy to me).

<< This is an ideal public school, but it is one that is not out of reach.
Models for academic excellence are all around us-again, simply consider the
two million homeschooled children who are already receiving an extraordinary
education. If we keep our eyes on the goal of giving all kids the best
education possible, if we reinvigorate the bonds between students and adults,
we can see schools like this grow everywhere. If we base our decisions on the
needs of children, and not the convenience of bureaucracies, we will see the
abilities, knowledge, and character of our young people soar.

—William J. Bennett, former U.S. secretary of education, is co-director of
Empower America, co-author of The Educated Child, and the chairman of K12, an
Internet-based elementary and secondary school >>


Okay, William J. is talking about his "ideal" school in this article. I
suspect "unschooling" doesn't meet his requirements for the ideal homeschool
situation. When he says "...simply consider the two million homeschooled
children who are already receiving an extraordinary education", I don't think
he would include my leetle self-directed learners in those 2 million.

Yucky site.

Laura