Bonni Sollars

I'm a Christian, at least, I hope that that is how God sees me, meaning,
that I live a Christian life, meaning, I walk by faith in Jesus' gift of
himself and by the power of God's Spirit in and through me to love and do
good. I agree, we should be able to think about criticism without
feeling condemnation. Iron sharpening iron and all that.
Bonni

[email protected]

In a message dated 9/7/01 2:50:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:


> I think you (Sandra and Joy and who knows what others) are being very rude
> to others who like a bit of guidance in their day. If Sherry and I want to
> have a time where we can tell our kids "no junk TV, we will do something
> constructive", you have no right to tell us we are wrong.
>
> However, I have already unsubbed due to you snobbery. And Sherry, if you
> are a Christian, I invite you to join CCU-list at yahoo groups.

If you are still getting this Laurie: it sounds like what you are saying is
that Sandra, Joy and whoever else you are talking about shouldn't be giving
their opinions. Of course all those "good" Christian women who do exactly
what their husbands' "tell them to do" might want a polite list where there's
no fuel only a tea party. Myself I love the writings of all those
opinionated women. It makes me feel alive..... Shows me that being at home
with the kids all the time doesn't dull your brain or senses.

Hope you enjoy your Christian T- List (yes I am slightly annoyed at your
Christian tone)

Dawn
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What's the CCU list?

Kimberly U


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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????


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R Meyers

Dawn,
I believe we are all entitled to our opinion but I think your comments were totally uncalled for. You are making fun of a very large portion of our society without probably even knowing them. You may not like Christians, you may not like women who "obey" their husbands, you may not even like to drink tea........but I know one thing for certain, you DEFINITELY don't like...................... being polite!!!!!!! If these comments are the sign of someone who is "alive" and doesn't have "dull senses" then pray tell I hope I remain dead and ignorant all my days!
Rachel



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Lynda

Oh dear, I am bound to upset some folks but I am really curious. I mean, I
can see where you are coming from Rachel but what I don't understand is why
this post upset you and the one saying that a book wouldn't be recommended
because the interviews are almost all from Christian homeschoolers who are
out milking the goats before they do their homeschooling, or something to
that effect.

Of course, I found that comment rather weird cause I know lots of
homesteaders who milk goats, are pagens and homeschoolers but don't know one
Christian homeschooler that milks goats. Oh well, guess I better broaden my
horizons <g>

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: R Meyers <livinglighthouse@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????


> Dawn,
> I believe we are all entitled to our opinion but I think your comments
were totally uncalled for. You are making fun of a very large portion of
our society without probably even knowing them. You may not like
Christians, you may not like women who "obey" their husbands, you may not
even like to drink tea........but I know one thing for certain, you
DEFINITELY don't like...................... being polite!!!!!!! If these
comments are the sign of someone who is "alive" and doesn't have "dull
senses" then pray tell I hope I remain dead and ignorant all my days!
> Rachel
>
>
>
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M and L Hand

What is a Christian T- list? I didn't realize I had a Christian tone - it must just be my way. I honestly DID unsub - just waiting for it to kick in, and since I have apparently offended everybody on this list, I might as well keep posting till it does.

I have been on the other list for over 8 months, and never has anybody there ever criticized the way anybody unschools. I was shocked that you all think your way is the only way and everybody else is wrong.
Laurie

Hope you enjoy your Christian T- List (yes I am slightly annoyed at your
Christian tone)

Dawn


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M and L Hand

Go to yahoo groups and look. CCU-list is the name. Christ Centered Unschooling.
Laurie


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R Meyers

Lynda,
Most likely because I never read the post about "milking of goats". Perhaps things hit us differently at different times and so one thing may hit a hot spot when at another time you may let it slide. I guess my general problem is with people "stereotyping" and then secondly people poking fun at others expense to make themselves feel better. I'm sure plenty of people don't have a problem with either of these things........these just happen to be 2 of my buttons.
Rachel



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Tami Labig-Duquette

Did I miss something? Who criticized anyones way of unschooling?
I've been on this list for a long time and I don't remember anything like
that.
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>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????
>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:58:47 +1000
>
>What is a Christian T- list? I didn't realize I had a Christian tone - it
>must just be my way. I honestly DID unsub - just waiting for it to kick
>in, and since I have apparently offended everybody on this list, I might as
>well keep posting till it does.
>
>I have been on the other list for over 8 months, and never has anybody
>there ever criticized the way anybody unschools. I was shocked that you
>all think your way is the only way and everybody else is wrong.
>Laurie
>
>Hope you enjoy your Christian T- List (yes I am slightly annoyed at your
>Christian tone)
>
>Dawn
>
>
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Linda, your confusion comes from the wrong post.

Laurie posted:
> I think you (Sandra and Joy and who knows what others) are being very rude
> to others who like a bit of guidance in their day. If Sherry and I want
to
> have a time where we can tell our kids "no junk TV, we will do something
> constructive", you have no right to tell us we are wrong.
>
> However, I have already unsubbed due to you snobbery. And Sherry, if you
> are a Christian, I invite you to join CCU-list at yahoo groups.

This was Dawn's reply:

If you are still getting this Laurie: it sounds like what you are saying is
that Sandra, Joy and whoever else you are talking about shouldn't be giving
their opinions. Of course all those "good" Christian women who do exactly
what their husbands' "tell them to do" might want a polite list where
there's
no fuel only a tea party. Myself I love the writings of all those
opinionated women. It makes me feel alive..... Shows me that being at home
with the kids all the time doesn't dull your brain or senses.

Hope you enjoy your Christian T- List (yes I am slightly annoyed at your
Christian tone)

Dawn
^^^^^^^^^^^^

Johanna
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynda" <lurine@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????


> Oh dear, I am bound to upset some folks but I am really curious. I mean,
I
> can see where you are coming from Rachel but what I don't understand is
why
> this post upset you and the one saying that a book wouldn't be recommended
> because the interviews are almost all from Christian homeschoolers who are
> out milking the goats before they do their homeschooling, or something to
> that effect.
>
> Of course, I found that comment rather weird cause I know lots of
> homesteaders who milk goats, are pagens and homeschoolers but don't know
one
> Christian homeschooler that milks goats. Oh well, guess I better broaden
my
> horizons <g>
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R Meyers <livinglighthouse@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 7:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????
>
>
> > Dawn,
> > I believe we are all entitled to our opinion but I think your comments
> were totally uncalled for. You are making fun of a very large portion of
> our society without probably even knowing them. You may not like
> Christians, you may not like women who "obey" their husbands, you may not
> even like to drink tea........but I know one thing for certain, you
> DEFINITELY don't like...................... being polite!!!!!!! If these
> comments are the sign of someone who is "alive" and doesn't have "dull
> senses" then pray tell I hope I remain dead and ignorant all my days!
> > Rachel
> >
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You must be kidding, Indiana Tami. That is all that has been going on here for the last week! Go back and read again. Everything from "you are lying to your kids by doing that" to "you aren't really unschooling if you do that" to "if you require them to do anything, you aren't trusting them, and trust is the most important thing" to "why is reading more important than TV?".

I'm sure Bridget can provide more examples - she's been put down as much as I have.
Laurie


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Bridget E Coffman

On Fri, 7 Sep 2001 19:55:53 -0700 "R Meyers" <livinglighthouse@...>
writes:
> Dawn,
>If these comments are the sign of someone who
> is "alive" and doesn't have "dull senses" then pray tell I hope I
> remain dead and ignorant all my days!
> Rachel
>

Rachel,

I, for one, am a pagan (sort of - I hate identifying with ANY group) who
completely respects your right to choose your own path. If you are in a
Christian based marriage with a dominate male role and what is currently
viewed as a submissive female role, well, as long as you are there
voluntarily and happy, I say that's fine. As long as you don't try to
insist I behave the same way, that is.


Dawn, (I think it was you)

I understand where you are coming from too though. I too have seen some
abusive relationships that were 'based' on christianity. But just
because they say they are christian does not mean that they really are.
They are just as misguided as the non-religios abusive spouses are. Oh
yes, and the abuser is not necessarily the man. I have a friend who has
been mentally abused by his wife for the past 23 years (in the name of
christianity too BTW).

Bridget

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Bridget E Coffman

On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:16:34 -0400 "Tami Labig-Duquette"
<labigduquette@...> writes:
> Did I miss something? Who criticized anyones way of unschooling?
> I've been on this list for a long time and I don't remember anything
> like
> that.
> Indiana Tami
>

I think she was referring to the post telling me that I was not really
unschooling and that this was probably not the list for me. Of course,
Tanya could tell you, that was the best thing to do to get me TALKING UP
A STORM here!

Bridget

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Jon and Rue Kream

Well, since you're still here :), why IS reading more important than tv?
How is assigning a certain amount of "work" in any way allowing a child to
direct their own education (aka unschooling)? Wouldn't it be lying to
pretend something was broken if it wasn't? I for one would be happy to
listen to what you have to say on these subjects. I'm a full-blown radical
unschooler, and I'm sure I could still learn something from listening to
your point of view. That's kind of the point, isn't it? ~Rue

-----Original Message-----
From: M and L Hand [mailto:mandlhand@...]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 2:00 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????


You must be kidding, Indiana Tami. That is all that has been going on here
for the last week! Go back and read again. Everything from "you are lying
to your kids by doing that" to "you aren't really unschooling if you do
that" to "if you require them to do anything, you aren't trusting them, and
trust is the most important thing" to "why is reading more important than
TV?".

I'm sure Bridget can provide more examples - she's been put down as much as
I have.
Laurie


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<< Most likely because I never read the post about "milking of goats".
Perhaps things hit us differently at different times and so one thing may hit
a hot spot when at another time you may let it slide. I guess my general
problem is with people "stereotyping" and then secondly people poking fun at
others expense to make themselves feel better. >>

I wasn't making fun or steretyping, I was making a comment about a
homeschooling book which someone here was hoping to use as a resource to
learn how to unschool. It's Patchwork of Days. It is NOT a great
unschooling resource. Most of the families profiled are Christian and
structured.

Is there anyone here who owns that book, has read it, or who was one of the
families in it (we were) who would disagree? Unschooling was not central to
it in any way.

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R Meyers

I own the book and I've read it......I thought you were Dawn when I responded to this post.....to be honest I have no clue about the post about this book, my mistake.
Rachel
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To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 7:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????




<< Most likely because I never read the post about "milking of goats".
Perhaps things hit us differently at different times and so one thing may hit
a hot spot when at another time you may let it slide. I guess my general
problem is with people "stereotyping" and then secondly people poking fun at
others expense to make themselves feel better. >>

I wasn't making fun or steretyping, I was making a comment about a
homeschooling book which someone here was hoping to use as a resource to
learn how to unschool. It's Patchwork of Days. It is NOT a great
unschooling resource. Most of the families profiled are Christian and
structured.

Is there anyone here who owns that book, has read it, or who was one of the
families in it (we were) who would disagree? Unschooling was not central to
it in any way.

Sandra

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In a message dated 09/08/2001 6:27:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
skreams@... writes:

<< why IS reading more important than tv? >>

It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty much
a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort to
use your imagination.
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Nor was milking goats before one sits down at the kitchen table to do school
at home or read scriptures. That was a stereotypical deragatory remark.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: R Meyers <livinglighthouse@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????


> I own the book and I've read it......I thought you were Dawn when I
responded to this post.....to be honest I have no clue about the post about
this book, my mistake.
> Rachel
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: SandraDodd@...
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Christians?????
>
>
>
>
> << Most likely because I never read the post about "milking of goats".
> Perhaps things hit us differently at different times and so one thing
may hit
> a hot spot when at another time you may let it slide. I guess my
general
> problem is with people "stereotyping" and then secondly people poking
fun at
> others expense to make themselves feel better. >>
>
> I wasn't making fun or steretyping, I was making a comment about a
> homeschooling book which someone here was hoping to use as a resource to
> learn how to unschool. It's Patchwork of Days. It is NOT a great
> unschooling resource. Most of the families profiled are Christian and
> structured.
>
> Is there anyone here who owns that book, has read it, or who was one of
the
> families in it (we were) who would disagree? Unschooling was not
central to
> it in any way.
>
> Sandra
>
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responded to this post.....to be honest I have no clue about the post
about this book, my mistake.
> Rache1

I don't know anything about goats except how they are spelled as son
likes to spell this word out a lot... Sorry can't take credit for
that thread.

Dawn

Helen Hegener

At 11:17 AM -0400 9/8/01, unschoolr2@... wrote:
>It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty much
>a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort to
>use your imagination.

Interesting perspective. My older kids will often turn off the TV
(when we have one - we often turn off the satellite dish for months
at a time) and say they'd rather just read quietly, that they don't
want to have to put out the effort it takes to watch TV...

Helen

[email protected]

<< >It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty
much
>a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort to
>use your imagination. >>

It is *NO* effort for my kids to use their imaginations!

My kids aren't passive TV watchers. They sing. They rewind to catch dialog.
They yell for other people to come watch a good part with them. Holly
dances. Marty argues with the characters and makes jokes. They discuss.
They watch other versions of the same story or play or musical and then they
want to see other videos with the same performers in them. Holly was
following all Julie Andrews stuff (has seen The Princess Diaries--the rest of
us haven't yet). Now, watching Annie again, she has discovered Bernadette
Peters and is after all that. She realized the mother in the recent
Cinderella is the same actress on the Annie Get Your Gun video (which she saw
at a friend's house, we don't have it).

"Passive TV" doesn't match what happens at our house.

Sandra

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R Meyers

Sandra,
Same here! Everyone always uses the argument that kids are "glued to the TV" in a "trance like state" and that TOTALLY is not how we watch TV..........we talk, we discuss, and now that we have Tivo we stop the show to look stuff up and then start it up again when we are done. To me TV isn't a solitary activity.......it is definitely family interaction at our house.
Rachel
----- Original Message -----
From: SandraDodd@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Reading/TV



<< >It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty
much
>a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort to
>use your imagination. >>

It is *NO* effort for my kids to use their imaginations!

My kids aren't passive TV watchers. They sing. They rewind to catch dialog.
They yell for other people to come watch a good part with them. Holly
dances. Marty argues with the characters and makes jokes. They discuss.
They watch other versions of the same story or play or musical and then they
want to see other videos with the same performers in them. Holly was
following all Julie Andrews stuff (has seen The Princess Diaries--the rest of
us haven't yet). Now, watching Annie again, she has discovered Bernadette
Peters and is after all that. She realized the mother in the recent
Cinderella is the same actress on the Annie Get Your Gun video (which she saw
at a friend's house, we don't have it).

"Passive TV" doesn't match what happens at our house.

Sandra

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Eldest son said that he prefers to read because he uses "his" thoughts to
fill in the "blanks" (what folks look like, what places look like, etc.) and
that television "attacks" (he hates commercials and the way the sound comes
and goes) him with other people's thoughts and their images of what things
are.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Helen Hegener <HEM-Editor@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:38 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Reading/TV


> At 11:17 AM -0400 9/8/01, unschoolr2@... wrote:
> >It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty
much
> >a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort
to
> >use your imagination.
>
> Interesting perspective. My older kids will often turn off the TV
> (when we have one - we often turn off the satellite dish for months
> at a time) and say they'd rather just read quietly, that they don't
> want to have to put out the effort it takes to watch TV...
>
> Helen
>
>
>
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My sons and I were just discussing this point. One son commented he likes to
read the book first because how he envisions the story can often be very
different than the way a producer and director choose to portray it. Stories
have more depth to him that way.
Johanna
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> In a message dated 09/08/2001 6:27:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> << why IS reading more important than tv? >>
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> It was always my thought that while both have their place, TV is pretty
much
> a passive activity while reading takes effort, effort to read and effort
to
> use your imagination.
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In a message dated 09/08/2001 10:40:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
HEM-Editor@... writes:

<< nteresting perspective. My older kids will often turn off the TV
(when we have one - we often turn off the satellite dish for months
at a time) and say they'd rather just read quietly, that they don't
want to have to put out the effort it takes to watch TV... >>
LOL just goes to show you that there is a different perspective on just about
everything!
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In a message dated 09/08/2001 10:51:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

<< "Passive TV" doesn't match what happens at our house. >>

LOL well, it seems to be the norm at my house for TV to put my oldest to
sleep!
Teri

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In a message dated 9/8/2001 1:43:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
livinglighthouse@... writes:

<< Same here! Everyone always uses the argument that kids are "glued to the
TV" in a "trance like state" and that TOTALLY is not how we watch
TV..........we talk, we discuss, and now that we have Tivo we stop the show
to look stuff up and then start it up again when we are done. To me TV isn't
a solitary activity.......it is definitely family interaction at our house. >>

I would have to say that it is the same here. No passive watching either. But
I do know a homeschool family that sometimes come out. The tv is usually
snapped on and those kids and their Mom do not utter another word but just
stare at the tv. If they have food they spill it. They just seem mesmerized.
I understand why her kids do not say anything, cause if they do their Mom
yells at them to shut up and stop being rude. Ok. :( They usually sit and
watch a movie video we have, Mom included, while my kids go off and get
involved in something else. I have come to the conclusion that they just come
over to watch a video.

This Mom also asked me recently what curriculum we are using. I explained
that we are unschoolers. She said, Oh that is neat. By the way what
curriculum are you going with?

Candace

R Meyers

Candace,
LOL about the curriculum question........some people just don't get it! I think you have to look at each child and family different when it comes to what they can handle and how they react to things....like TV. As long as you are going with what you know your kids can do you can't go wrong.
Rachel



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