Lynda

Well, I am on my way out to hook up the boat and decided that I would clear
out the inbox so it wouldn't be quite so full when we get back.

It correlates in that supposedly in an unschooling life style one does NOT
dictate another's behavior nor "force" one's opinions on another nor make
all encompassing statements as being "the" voice of unschooling.

In a ps one is "forced" to comform to another's "expert" opinion of how one
should act (sit still, stand up straight, do it this way or else "because I
said so) and how one should interact. An individual (teacher, principal,
etc.) is set up as "the" expert, children have to be "taught" the "right"
way (and the only "right" way) "for their own good" and any deviation is
"punished" by ridicule in front of a class. The standard chewing out, again
by "the" expert.

So, having someone tell me "in no uncertain terms" that my PERCEIVED
behavior is not acceptable in the eyes of everyone that they have decided
they speak for because that individual says so, reminds of why I am
unschooling.

Now, if someone (the person who personally has a problem, not someone who
has set themselves up as judge and jury and as spokesman for the whole list)
said to me "Gee, Lynda, I found that rather rude and hurtful to my feelings"
(notice the singular as in a particular individual), then I would apologize
and try to find a better way of explaining myself. Well, most of the time
<g>

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- > >
> Message: 25
> From: "R Meyers" <livinglighthouse@...>
> Subject: Re: Re: Opinions and PC
>
> How exactly is it that people telling you how rude you are correlate to
why you unschool??
> Rachel
>
> --- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Lynda" <lurine@s...> wrote:
> > I am continually being "corrected," told "the" acceptable way to
> post and
> > about how rude I am <g> Not that it does anything but remind me of
> why I am
> > unschooling instead of using the ps system <g>
> >
> > Lynda

R Meyers

That is an interesting theory Lynda. I'm curious if this statement applies to everyone, or only to those opinions to which you disagree?
Rachel
nor "force" one's opinions on another nor make
all encompassing statements as being "the" voice of unschooling.




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Bridget E Coffman

On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 13:12:28 -0700 "R Meyers" <livinglighthouse@...>
writes:
> That is an interesting theory Lynda. I'm curious if this statement
> applies to everyone, or only to those opinions to which you
> disagree?
> Rachel
> nor "force" one's opinions on another nor make
> all encompassing statements as being "the" voice of unschooling.
>
>
>

Actually, I've had a few interesting 'discussions' with Lynda elsewhere
and I would say that yes it does apply to everyone. She is one of the
few people I've found so far online with whom I can disagree and still
feel like she is listening to what I say.

Bridget


~~~~If electricity comes from electrons...does that mean that morality
comes from morons?~~~~
I sent my Soul through the Invisible,
Some letter of that After-life to spell;
And by and by my Soul returned to me,
And answered, "I Myself am Heaven and Hell." -- The Rubaiyat