Cleopatra Rojas

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to take a moment to introduce
myself.
Some of you may remember me from before, but since it's
been a
good while since I was on the list I thought I should
introduce again :)

My name is Jacli and my husband Marco and I have a 12 year
old
daughter, Larissa. We've been unschoolers since she was
born.
While Marco had no experience with unschooling either in
Italy
or here, I am an Army brat and have had multiple schooling
experiences.
My father was career military and traveled to wherever
whenever. My
mother had children because she was expected to and used
whatever
schooling was nearby to alleviate her burden. I've
attended just about
every type of school there is. I loved Montessori but it
wasn't til I became
very ill in High School and had to stay home for a year (in
the midst of
qualifying for early graduation) that I found out about
homeschooling.
I had a tutor who believed very strongly in what I now know
was actually
unschooling. It was absolutely the best thing that could
have happened to me.
When our daughter was born there was never any question in
my mind that
that would be best for her as well. Marco on the other
hand, well, the jury is
still out as far as he is concerned. We have days he is
convinced that homeschooling
is best and others when he wonders aloud why he ever let me
talk him into it. He
is more rigidly inclined than I am and actually prefers
homeschooling - I grew up
with super rigid household and I prefer un-schooling. But
we make it work.

Until today he worked in New York Monday -Friday, staying
at our Manhattan apt.
and came home to our South Florida apt. on the weekends.
And until Sept. 11
we (Larissa and I) pretty much spent equal time in New
York. Now as of today
we are full time in Florida.

We are pretty much loners and tend to pagan ways of
thinking. I am a former actress
and model and am actually getting back into it. I own an
Herbalife business and used
the products to go from a size 26 to a 10 and get off 14
daily medications so as you can
imagine I am VERY health and nutrition minded. I also do
voice overs and Larissa has
been modeling and acting since she was a baby. We just
moved to Florida a year ago
and we are still making adjustments.

Anyway, now that I have told you way more than you could
possibly want to know
I guess that about does it. I am very excited to be back
on the list again and looking forward
to meeting all the "new" people. I am pretty outspoken but
I will always try to be considerate
to everyone.

Thanks for listening, Jacli