Luanne Riley

>Are you sure you mean to be on the unschooler list

I'm relatively new to this list, but I have seen this question come up
several times already. We use an eclectic approach, but strongly influenced
by unschooling. I joined hoping to get ideas to more effectively apply the
unschooling approach and gain confidence in it, but having this question pop
up so much makes me wonder: Is this list only for those who are already
wholeheartedly sold on unschooling or are you willing to help point those of
us who are still learning in that direction?? I don't mean this to sound
snide, I just don't want to waste my time on something that is going to end
up being accusation and judgement.

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Lynda

Even baby steps in the "right" direction are fine with lots of us on the
list, Luanne! Just keep moving in the unschooling direction!

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Luanne Riley <luanneriley@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1419


>
>
> >Are you sure you mean to be on the unschooler list
>
> I'm relatively new to this list, but I have seen this question come up
> several times already. We use an eclectic approach, but strongly
influenced
> by unschooling. I joined hoping to get ideas to more effectively apply the
> unschooling approach and gain confidence in it, but having this question
pop
> up so much makes me wonder: Is this list only for those who are already
> wholeheartedly sold on unschooling or are you willing to help point those
of
> us who are still learning in that direction?? I don't mean this to sound
> snide, I just don't want to waste my time on something that is going to
end
> up being accusation and judgement.
>
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In a message dated 09/08/2001 4:49:26 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
luanneriley@... writes:


> Is this list only for those who are already
> wholeheartedly sold on unschooling or are you willing to help point those
> of
> us who are still learning in that direction?? I don't mean this to sound
> snide, I just don't want to waste my time on something that is going to end
> up being accusation and judgement.
>
>

No. It's not. Some of us are still finding our way and may or may not do
things the way the next unschooler does. Delete as needed seems to be key.

Nance



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Elizabeth Hill

>
>
> Is this list only for those who are already
> wholeheartedly sold on unschooling or are you willing to help point those of
> us who are still learning in that direction??
>

Hi --

I think people who are curious about unschooling and who may want to move
towards it should be welcome on this list. (However, if people hate the type
of advice dished out here, I think they should *consider* leaving, instead of
trying to reshape the list to give them the advice they prefer. This list
already exists and satisfies the needs of scores of people. There are hundreds
of homeschooling lists out there. This one doesn't need to contort itself into
different shapes to please every potential list member. I'm not trying to
force anyone to leave. It's up to every individual to decide if it's worth
her/his time to be on this list.)

We all unschool differently, but if people want to be really different about
it, and unschool in a way that has some similarities to school at home, then
I'd like to ask for one thing. That is, IF you have an unsuccessful
experience, please don't say that you tried unschooling and it didn't work. If
you want the right to homeschool in your own unique way, please say "we tried
homeschooling in our own unique way and it didn't work". (Again, this is only
IF you run into problems.)

Why do I think there might be problems? Because I believe it is the freedom
from compulsion that allows unschooled kids to really excell in their chosen
areas. Compulsion, in public school, produces a strong aversion for learning.
There are a lot of kids that come out of school HATING math, or poetry or
history. I'm not sure that even tiny bits of compulsion are desirable when it
comes to promoting learning.

Betsy