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Well, I just realized (when I never saw my own post appear) that I am not
getting messages from Yahoo, with the exception of one or two a day. So,
although I would like to respond to individual posts, it seems until I get
straightened out with Yahoo, I will read only at the web site. I will try to
keep up as best as I can. If anyone has any concerns about the list that need
addressing, please email me privately. Since we have quite a few new members
over the last week or so, I will post an administrative post on list
guidelines.

I have a personal experience with Montessori, as Lelia decided a couple of
years ago to attend one. Her experience and also everything I observed there
personally indicates that Montessori is not anything like unschooling. The
activities are very structured and there is very little choice for the young
people. She looks back on that time as a valuable experience in where she
learned that she would never choose school again. (she was 10 at the time).

As to the question you posed Ellissa. . . I am lovemary as well, but not life
is good Mary :)

On Mary's comments on success. . . I understand what you are saying Mary. I
was not very clear. I actually believe that defining success is an individual
responsibility. . . I don't think I can define it for Lelia and Quinton or my
husband, but only for myself. So the parent who is trying to define what
success is for a young person would not fit in with that. This gets into my
own personal belief system here, but I also try not to think too much in
terms of success or failure, but more along the lines of everything being an
opportunity. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on it, and allowing me to get
clearer about what mine were/are.

Living in Abundance
Mary

zenmomma *

>>On Mary's comments on success. . . I understand what you are saying Mary.
>>I was not very clear. I actually believe that defining success is an
>>individual responsibility. . . I don't think I can define it for Lelia and
>>Quinton or my husband, but only for myself. So the parent who is trying to
>>define what success is for a young person would not fit in with that.
>>This gets into my own personal belief system here, but I also try not to
>>think too much in terms of success or failure, but more along the lines
>>of everything being an opportunity. Anyway, thanks for your thoughts on
>>it, and allowing me to get clearer about what mine were/are.>>

Ahhh...the Marys are on the same page on this one. ;-) Based on everything
else you wrote, I thought we were. I thought it was worth clarifying for the
hundreds of others on this list for whom it may not have been so crystal
clear, though.

Life is good.
~Mary


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rumpleteasermom

Speaking of success, did Marylin Vos Savant's column about
homeschooling gewt discussed here? I don't remember seeing it.
Anyway, what bugged me most about it was the assumption that a woman
who chooses to raise kids instead of having a career is wasting her
talents.

Bridget

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., lite2yu@a... wrote:

> On Mary's comments on success. . . I understand what you are saying
Mary. I
> was not very clear. I actually believe that defining success is an
individual
> responsibility. . . I don't think I can define it for Lelia and
Quinton or my
> husband, but only for myself.