Re: My own 'Ah Hah'
Pam Hartley
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believe them sincerely and completely, that are not true.
My sister in law believed the school therapist and the tame doctor on call
when they told her her son was ADD and "needed" to be medicated. Many, many,
MANY people whose kids are on Ritalin believe the same. They are completely
honest, but often (perhaps even mostly) mistaken.
Tons of people honestly believe their children must go to school or they
will not learn. Tons of homeschoolers believe that you must use a curriculum
or your children will not learn. Tons of homeschoolers believe that
unschooling is nothing more than educational neglect.
Belief does not necessarily make things so.
Pam
>From: [email protected]It isn't necessarily about lying. Lots of people believe lots of things, and
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1463
>Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2001, 11:32 AM
>
> Your last sentence was and is a backhanded way of calling someone a liar and
> based on what? Nothing except that you don't like the way you perceive her
> to be living her life.
>
believe them sincerely and completely, that are not true.
My sister in law believed the school therapist and the tame doctor on call
when they told her her son was ADD and "needed" to be medicated. Many, many,
MANY people whose kids are on Ritalin believe the same. They are completely
honest, but often (perhaps even mostly) mistaken.
Tons of people honestly believe their children must go to school or they
will not learn. Tons of homeschoolers believe that you must use a curriculum
or your children will not learn. Tons of homeschoolers believe that
unschooling is nothing more than educational neglect.
Belief does not necessarily make things so.
Pam
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In a message dated 9/12/01 12:58:01 PM, pamhartley@... writes:
<< My sister in law believed the school therapist and the tame doctor on call
when they told her her son was ADD and "needed" to be medicated. Many, many,
MANY people whose kids are on Ritalin believe the same. They are completely
honest, but often (perhaps even mostly) mistaken. >>
And they believe they are thinking for themselves.
And they believe they know their child better than anyone.
And until someone on some list somewhere says WHAT!? some of them don't
question the path they've (freely?) chosen.
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
<< My sister in law believed the school therapist and the tame doctor on call
when they told her her son was ADD and "needed" to be medicated. Many, many,
MANY people whose kids are on Ritalin believe the same. They are completely
honest, but often (perhaps even mostly) mistaken. >>
And they believe they are thinking for themselves.
And they believe they know their child better than anyone.
And until someone on some list somewhere says WHAT!? some of them don't
question the path they've (freely?) chosen.
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd