Lynda

Geez Louise, I leave for a little fun and sun (which was great if anyone
cares <g>) and when I get back I find it is a good thing I went to digest!
Buckets of posts!

Wow, Rachel, you've been on a real tear. So, I'll address your last post
that referred to me.

When I posted "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> You
asked "How exactly is it that people telling you how rude you are correlate
to why you unschool??"

To which I replied, and I'll include the whole replay because frequently
'creative" cut and paste has be known to be used here, "> 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 me 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>

Which seems to have irritated you and to which you responded "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"

To which I now reply: I agree that it is an interesting theory (a
systematic statement of principles; a formulation of apparent relationships
or underlying principles of certain observed phenomena) <g> Yes the
statement applies to everyone but the second half of your sentence is rather
nonsensical as generally speaking people in a discussion that is mutually
agreeable don't take time out to flame the other party and I mean, really
now, why would someone having a mutually agreeable conversation suddenly
tell the other party to the conversation that they were rude? So why would
that remind me of ps and why I am unschooling?

Lynda

R Meyers

Actually Lynda, I'm not irritated by your reply.....it was a genuine question. I'm sorry if you took it that way. At least on my part, there is no animosity here.
Rachel
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynda
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Not a Theory, Digest Number 1430


Geez Louise, I leave for a little fun and sun (which was great if anyone
cares <g>) and when I get back I find it is a good thing I went to digest!
Buckets of posts!

Wow, Rachel, you've been on a real tear. So, I'll address your last post
that referred to me.

When I posted "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> You
asked "How exactly is it that people telling you how rude you are correlate
to why you unschool??"

To which I replied, and I'll include the whole replay because frequently
'creative" cut and paste has be known to be used here, "> 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 me 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>

Which seems to have irritated you and to which you responded "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"

To which I now reply: I agree that it is an interesting theory (a
systematic statement of principles; a formulation of apparent relationships
or underlying principles of certain observed phenomena) <g> Yes the
statement applies to everyone but the second half of your sentence is rather
nonsensical as generally speaking people in a discussion that is mutually
agreeable don't take time out to flame the other party and I mean, really
now, why would someone having a mutually agreeable conversation suddenly
tell the other party to the conversation that they were rude? So why would
that remind me of ps and why I am unschooling?

Lynda


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