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In a message dated 9/14/01 9:23:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
TCA1120@... writes:
This list is not unschooling. Deciding whether to be an unschooler should
have to do with you and your kids and what you come to believe about how
people learn.
If you're just starting out, please read at www.unschooling.com -- the
library, archives, and message boards.
This list was never intended to be the front room through which new
unschoolers come to know unschooling. The forum is the "real" place.
Sandra
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TCA1120@... writes:
> If this is what unschooling is to you and everyone else on this list,Bad day, bad week.
> damned right I'm not ready for it. Holy cow! I cannot believe how
> childish and horrible you all seem to each other!
>
> Is this how it is all the time or am I just showing up on the wrong day?
>
This list is not unschooling. Deciding whether to be an unschooler should
have to do with you and your kids and what you come to believe about how
people learn.
If you're just starting out, please read at www.unschooling.com -- the
library, archives, and message boards.
This list was never intended to be the front room through which new
unschoolers come to know unschooling. The forum is the "real" place.
Sandra
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Carrie Troy
<<This list is not unschooling. Deciding whether to be an unschooler
should
have to do with you and your kids and what you come to believe about how
people learn. :::: This list was never intended to be the front room
through which new
unschoolers come to know unschooling. The forum is the "real" place.>>
well, I'm not new to unschooling, nor am I in the 'deciding' process ....
if this list is not unschooling, what is it? people who unschool but
feel like arguing all day about things that have little to nothing to do
with their kids and their learning? ;)
I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?
Carrie
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should
have to do with you and your kids and what you come to believe about how
people learn. :::: This list was never intended to be the front room
through which new
unschoolers come to know unschooling. The forum is the "real" place.>>
well, I'm not new to unschooling, nor am I in the 'deciding' process ....
if this list is not unschooling, what is it? people who unschool but
feel like arguing all day about things that have little to nothing to do
with their kids and their learning? ;)
I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?
Carrie
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Diane
Much of the time, that's exactly what this list offers. Not this week,
although between the arguments there's still some of that. People's nerves
seem a little raw this week. Worse than the usual August and September malady
that seems to strike.
It's a good list, but doesn't tiptoe and dance around, so some people get
offended.
:-) Diane
although between the arguments there's still some of that. People's nerves
seem a little raw this week. Worse than the usual August and September malady
that seems to strike.
It's a good list, but doesn't tiptoe and dance around, so some people get
offended.
:-) Diane
> well, I'm not new to unschooling, nor am I in the 'deciding' process ....
> if this list is not unschooling, what is it? people who unschool but
> feel like arguing all day about things that have little to nothing to do
> with their kids and their learning? ;)
> I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
> encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?
Pam Hartley
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purpose of this list.
Like all mailing lists (and if you've been on any others, from goat breeding
to basket weaving you know whereof I type <g>), this list goes off topic,
descends to bickering or jokes or recipes, and then swings back around
again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Mailing lists are not restful, for the most part. I am on one restful
mailing list, so much so that I save the digests to read when I'm suffering
from insomnia. Puts me right out. <g>
Message boards (i.e, at www.unschooling.com) are often more so (not by any
means entirely).
IMHO, the best way to get any list back on track is to bring a new
discussion in to it, (complaining about the level of the current discourse
is tempting, but futile, and leads inevitably to a lot of posts like this
one, still not on topic). So, if you're looking for unschooling discussions,
ideas, thoughts, help, encouragement, give us your story or current problem
or advice.
Pam
>From: [email protected]Unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help, encouragement are the
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 1474
>Date: Fri, Sep 14, 2001, 10:59 PM
>
> well, I'm not new to unschooling, nor am I in the 'deciding' process ....
> if this list is not unschooling, what is it? people who unschool but
> feel like arguing all day about things that have little to nothing to do
> with their kids and their learning? ;)
> I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
> encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?
purpose of this list.
Like all mailing lists (and if you've been on any others, from goat breeding
to basket weaving you know whereof I type <g>), this list goes off topic,
descends to bickering or jokes or recipes, and then swings back around
again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Mailing lists are not restful, for the most part. I am on one restful
mailing list, so much so that I save the digests to read when I'm suffering
from insomnia. Puts me right out. <g>
Message boards (i.e, at www.unschooling.com) are often more so (not by any
means entirely).
IMHO, the best way to get any list back on track is to bring a new
discussion in to it, (complaining about the level of the current discourse
is tempting, but futile, and leads inevitably to a lot of posts like this
one, still not on topic). So, if you're looking for unschooling discussions,
ideas, thoughts, help, encouragement, give us your story or current problem
or advice.
Pam
Dawn
Mailing lists are not restful, for the most part. I am on one restful
mailing list, so much so that I save the digests to read when I'm
suffering
from insomnia. Puts me right out. <g> Pam
Pam: I like this... It gave me a laugh for the day.
Dawn
mailing list, so much so that I save the digests to read when I'm
suffering
from insomnia. Puts me right out. <g> Pam
Pam: I like this... It gave me a laugh for the day.
Dawn
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In a message dated 9/14/01 9:46:54 PM, TCA1120@... writes:
<< if this list is not unschooling, what is it? >>
The definition of the list is at Yahoo and at unschooling.com.
Many people come to the list directly, on a friend's recommendation, and
don't realize it's a small side-discussion to the large, real information at
www.unschooling.com which has all KINDS of on-topic information.
This list is a discussion list for parents who are unschooling. It is not,
in and of itself, "unschooling."
<<I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?>>
This is the second best place (on a good day). The best place is
www.unschooling.com
Pam made a great point: <<So, if you're looking for unschooling discussions,
ideas, thoughts, help, encouragement, give us your story or current problem
or advice.>>
It's an interactive situation, and lurkers might only get what they provide.
Complaints add to the complaints.
Sandra
<< if this list is not unschooling, what is it? >>
The definition of the list is at Yahoo and at unschooling.com.
Many people come to the list directly, on a friend's recommendation, and
don't realize it's a small side-discussion to the large, real information at
www.unschooling.com which has all KINDS of on-topic information.
This list is a discussion list for parents who are unschooling. It is not,
in and of itself, "unschooling."
<<I was looking for unschooling discussions, ideas, thoughts, help,
encouragement. I'm in the wrong place?>>
This is the second best place (on a good day). The best place is
www.unschooling.com
Pam made a great point: <<So, if you're looking for unschooling discussions,
ideas, thoughts, help, encouragement, give us your story or current problem
or advice.>>
It's an interactive situation, and lurkers might only get what they provide.
Complaints add to the complaints.
Sandra
Sharon Rudd
Pam, I hope you keep a diary or journal for your
grands. It couldn't help but be a work of art.
Sharon
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Carrie Troy
<<Much of the time, that's exactly what this list offers. Not this week,
although between the arguments there's still some of that. People's
nerves
seem a little raw this week. Worse than the usual August and September
malady
that seems to strike.>>
and the current events of the world surely can't help at all.
:(
Carrie, mom to
Seth, Austin, Kyson, and Aidan
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although between the arguments there's still some of that. People's
nerves
seem a little raw this week. Worse than the usual August and September
malady
that seems to strike.>>
and the current events of the world surely can't help at all.
:(
Carrie, mom to
Seth, Austin, Kyson, and Aidan
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In a message dated 9/15/01 9:59:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:
<<
Many people come to the list directly, on a friend's recommendation, and
don't realize it's a small side-discussion to the large, real information at
www.unschooling.com which has all KINDS of on-topic information.
This list is a discussion list for parents who are unschooling. It is not,
in and of itself, "unschooling."
I also happen to really enjoy this list. Its educational and though provoking
"for me" in a different way.
Kathy
SandraDodd@... writes:
<<
Many people come to the list directly, on a friend's recommendation, and
don't realize it's a small side-discussion to the large, real information at
www.unschooling.com which has all KINDS of on-topic information.
This list is a discussion list for parents who are unschooling. It is not,
in and of itself, "unschooling."
>>I agree. The unschooling.com site is fabulous, with so much information.
I also happen to really enjoy this list. Its educational and though provoking
"for me" in a different way.
Kathy