R Meyers

Some people emailed me privately asking for a list of other unschooling lists so I though before I go I should post here since there was a recent post stating that there weren't a lot of other lists for unschoolers....I hope this can lay that one to rest. Here are some lists that I have found.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschooling
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thelearningendeavor
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CCU-List (this is a great Christian list)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RUL (can be like the dotcom list but has been pretty tame lately)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNNews (a newsletter)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UN-SCHOOL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/schools_out
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Seedling (another newsletter, really good)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolingfromtheHeart (this looks really good, small but growing)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolersCircle (some of the same people from the dotcom list so has potential for same volative discussion)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnDaily Like this one a lot...talks about your "daily" activities
Some of these are smaller groups but if they got more people to join and post they could be really good lists. I hope to see you on some of them. There are more for individual states so you might want to search for your state. Hope that helps. I think I'll post this list to the dotcom list since someone made a comment that there weren't many other unschooling lists.......I would hate for people to be misled into thinking that was the only list out there.
Rachel


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The Unschooling List is another such list and their definition would
appear to be much more unschooler and "beginning" unschooler
friendly. http://user.mc.net/~kwentz/ULfaq.html#UL_details.

Also, what unschooling.com has to say about unschooling-dotcom would
seem to be poles apart from what "leading experts" seem to have
decided this list is about: "Unschooling.com's e-mail list, a hotbed
of conversation. No set topics, pretty much anything related to
unschooling goes- and we all know that means just about everything!
Another good way to get to know other people, and share opinions and
information about all sorts of things."

I have failed to find anything in this description which says if you
aren't a "pure" unschooler you should pack up your bags and head out
to find another list.

Tery


-- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "R Meyers" <livinglighthouse@y...>
wrote:
> Some people emailed me privately asking for a list of other
unschooling lists so I though before I go I should post here since
there was a recent post stating that there weren't a lot of other
lists for unschoolers....I hope this can lay that one to rest. Here
are some lists that I have found.
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschooling
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thelearningendeavor
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CCU-List (this is a great Christian
list)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RUL (can be like the dotcom list but
has been pretty tame lately)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNNews (a newsletter)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UN-SCHOOL
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/schools_out
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Seedling (another newsletter, really
good)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolingfromtheHeart (this looks
really good, small but growing)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnschoolersCircle (some of the same
people from the dotcom list so has potential for same volative
discussion)
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UnDaily Like this one a lot...talks
about your "daily" activities
> Some of these are smaller groups but if they got more people to
join and post they could be really good lists. I hope to see you on
some of them. There are more for individual states so you might want
to search for your state. Hope that helps. I think I'll post this
list to the dotcom list since someone made a comment that there
weren't many other unschooling lists.......I would hate for people to
be misled into thinking that was the only list out there.
> Rachel
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Tia Leschke

>
>
>I have failed to find anything in this description which says if you
>aren't a "pure" unschooler you should pack up your bags and head out
>to find another list.

Nobody has said that on the list either. What has been said repeatedly is,
"Homeschool however you want to. Just don't call it unschooling unless it
is." What I *do* hasn't always been unschooling, but unschooling is what I
always aspire to. I don't say that making my son learn to read at age 12
was unschooling. It's what I did, but it wasn't unschooling. It was a
mistake (for us - might be the right thing for someone else.)
Tia

Tia Leschke leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
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Levy

another Philosypher

There is also one on momsonline.com go to 'ages and
stages' --->education---->homeschooling---->
unschooling/child led learning. Nice group.
I read a lot of messages boards over there, like
Trekkies and Sci fiers.
And my favorite :o) the TARGET board. Where people
from all over the country share their Target buys.
.


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Joy in NM
Homeschooling mom of two
Michael Alexander 16 yo
Kenna Rose 13 yo
Married 17 years to Scott

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I paraphrased what has been said. Yes indeedy, the terms "pure" and
keeping this list safe and people should go over to unschooling.com's
boards and read some more and people should go elsewhere have been
said which is what "maybe this list isn't for you" surely indicates.
Perhaps not using the exact phrases I used but then I didn't use
quotes to indicate that was precisely how it was said. The intent
was there.

In the interests of clarity, I like to see first hand what has been
said. Or it could be because I never accept anything I read or hear
until I see it with my own two eyes. So off I scooted to
unschooling.com to see for myself perchance to clarify why it seemed
some folks did protest too much.

Tery

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Tia Leschke <leschke@i...> wrote:
> >
> Nobody has said that on the list either. What has been said
repeatedly is,
> "Homeschool however you want to. Just don't call it unschooling
unless it
> is." What I *do* hasn't always been unschooling, but unschooling
is what I
> always aspire to. I don't say that making my son learn to read at
age 12
> was unschooling. It's what I did, but it wasn't unschooling. It
was a
> mistake (for us - might be the right thing for someone else.)
> Tia
>
> Tia Leschke leschke@i...
> On Vancouver Island
>
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> It is the answers which separate us, the questions which unite us. -
Janice
> Levy

Fetteroll

on 9/16/01 5:35 AM, mom2kaalande@... wrote:

> and people should go elsewhere have been
> said which is what "maybe this list isn't for you" surely indicates.

And I think that's the way it gets read by some. Perhaps because when we are
in a learning position we are used to having others tell us what to do.

But it is learning by learning to ask questions of yourself.

(And every time the rewording of the quote is reposted, the beginning of it
is left off: *If* you want such-and-such, then maybe this isn't the place
for you. It is like saying, If you want recipes that contain animal
products, then maybe this vegan list isn't for you.)

It means stop and think what *you* want. Stop and listen to what this
particular place has to offer.

We may think we all want the same thing. We may think there is one best way
to find it. (It's what schools are based on.) But we all want something
different, even if we all call it unschooling. Just as we need to learn that
all children learn differently and need different things, adults need
different ways of learning and different atmospheres to learn it in. Some
may want support for whatever they are doing. Some may want a list full of
day in the life stories. Some may want a place that is nothing but positive
messages. *If* one or more of those is so, then this isn't the list for
them.

Joyce