Jac & Liz Grimes

>
>It crosses my mind that there are many religious faiths in which submission to
>authority is a basic tenet of faith. I have wondered whether unschooling is
>compatible with a faith which requires belief and reliance on a greater
authority.
>It may be a difficult task to encourage freedom of thought and choice on
the one
>hand and "unquestioning" obedience on the other.
>


As Unitarian Universalist we encourage constant questioning of religious
beliefs. We have no set dogma or creed other than that the inherent worth
and dignity of all people, the right to exercise the democratic process, the
interdependent web of all life, the right to search for that which holds the
truth for the individual, the right to live in a peaceful and just world.
The kids explore all of the world's religions in their Sunday School class
and discuss how they relate to UU and if the beliefs are what they could
believe. I don't think that being taught to search and question what is
right for you and to question what other people believe as "the authority"
would cause any conflict in unschooling.
Peace,
Liz

tamokey

Hi
I just had to add my comments to this.� My daughter is 5 1/2, spent 2 days a week for two
months in "preschool" when she was 3 1/2, she was miserable and it broke my heart.� I took
her out much to the objections of my employer at the time and my husband, but I felt like
an elephant had been lifted off my chest when it was done.� At that point I decided I was
not going to make decisions about my child that did not feel right.� Sending her to school
does not feel right.� Why do other people feel it is okay to comment on how you are raising
your child, but it is not acceptable to tell a person to get out of something dangerous (an
abusive relationship, mishandling weapons, abusing substances, not managing illness or
disease, etc.,)?� Does that make any kind of sense?
We are experiencing a kind of "outlanders" status with soccer parents right now.� "We do
everything early, because everybody else's kids have to get up early for school."� Excuse
me, is that my problem, maybe that is why at 5 pm your kids are having huge meltdowns!
It's a strange world.� Very humorous from my vantage point.� At least sometimes, lol.

Thanks for letting me vent.
Andi in GA
�

> Okay everyone, ponder this.� DS went to day camp for a week this summer at
> the church wher I work.� I was busy that week and not around much.� The
> woman I work with has reservations about this HS thing so she was watching
> him pretty closly, thinking that he has to be missing something important
> and how will he ever learn to get along with other kids.� So after the week
> she tells me she was really concerned about him because he didn't come in
> and talk to her like the other kids.� I say so what was he doing and she
> says well he spent all his time with Zach (one of his PS friends)� I say so
> did Zach come in and talk to you? Well, no.� so does that make you think
> there is something "wrong" with Zach?� Well, no - but that's different.
> (Hmm - Why?)
> So I told her that They really hadn't had much time together this summer and
> they were just enjoying each other's company. And if Zach hadn't been there
> I was sure he would have made friends with some other kids, (because he has
> in similar situations) but he just didn't need to with Zach around. Seemed
> like pretty independant behavior to me.
>
> The really amazing thing was there was another boy their same age that they
> tried to interact with.� His mother was along for the week and he was a real
> pain, hanging on her, arguing about where they were going to sit on the bus,
> wanting all of her attention, etc and not interacting with the other kids at
> all - but no one questioned his behavior.� (Except his mom - he was making
> her crazy)� I can only imagine what the response would have been had I gone
> along and my DS had acted like that.� I wonder why people set up different
> standards for homeschooled kids?
>
> Anyone else experienced anything like that?
>
> Becky in Ohio
>
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In a message dated 09/09/1999 12:19:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tamokey@... writes:

<< It's a strange world.� Very humorous from my vantage point.� >>

That's true, isn't it? Once you begin to think out of the box, you just get
a new POV on everything, don't you? I love it!!!!!

Sam