Wendy McDonald

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> [Original Message]
> From: Wendy McDonald <mollymackmom@...>
> To: <zanhawk@...>
> Date: 7/25/2002 1:48:23 PM
> Subject: RE: [Unschooling-dotcom] Jumping Right in...
>

(I just realized that I messed up and sent this to a personal email instead
of the group. Sorry about that!)
> Hello,
> I was motivated by this post to take this opportunity to introduce
myself. I, too, have been lurking. I am just about to start on the
"official" path of unschooling (after compromising to a year of half day
Kindergarten for my oldest daughter). I am very excited, but very nervous
suddenly. I have been working on my husband for almost 3 years. Now I
feel like I have to prove to him, and others that question this life
choice, that unschooling will be successful by the end of the next school
year. I tried to explain to him about child-led learning, and that
"education" doesn't have to exist solely within the parameters of the
public education curriculum, but this is hard for him to wrap his brain
around. I am wondering if anyone knows of a good "one stop shopping"
resource for him to get a clearer picture of what we are about to embark
on. Unfortunately he is an orthopedic surgery resident so any spare time
he has he's usually reading his medical books. That's why I'm looking for
a concise, informative, unschooling read that he could get through quickly,
transforming him into an unschooling advocate (I can dream, I always tell
him).
> Thanks for listening to me. I look forward to sharing in the unschooling
journey with y'all.
> peace,
> Wendy
>
> --- Wendy McDonald
> --- mollymackmom@...
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>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Jamie Lemon <zanhawk@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Date: 7/25/2002 12:56:08 PM
> > Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Jumping Right in...
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I've been lurking for a few days, I think it is about time to introduce
> > myself so that I can "jump right in" on the coversations.
> >
> > We (dh, ds 8yo, dd 11yo) have been HSing for almost 6 years. We started
out
> > unschooling. A strange turn of events involving bitter family members
and
> > social services made me lose my mind <g> and I began "school at home"
> > practices after only 1 year unschooling. I have flipped back and forth
over
> > the years. We are back to unschooling now, to stay, forever. This time
> > feels different for us. For this and many other changes I thank all the
> > posters on this and other unschooly lists, message boards, and web page
> > articles. My family is happier now.
> >
> > We currently live in central Indiana. I've lived in many places
(Alaska,
> > Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Indiana) and
attended
> > 12 different public schools in my youth. (Yes, I am still recovering
from
> > that) LOL
> >
> > Well, that's all for now.... :-)
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Zan
> >
> > This message is cross-posted to other lists, sorry if you have to read
it
> > twice :-(
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robsueellieean

Hi Wendy!

Sue from the NNNetwork here! I've been lurking here too! We too have
a kindergarten age child, whom we have been unschooling for the past
5 1/2 years, :-), and i found that to convince my husband about the
benefits of unschooling, the easiest thing to do was to compare their
learning to a baby learning to walk, talk, etc. You don't have
to "teach" those things, children learn them when they are ready. The
same with everything else in life, children will learn it when they
are ready to learn it! Also "Dumbing Us Down" by Gatto is quick read
and very convincing! All I had to do was read my dh a few paragraphs
and he was agreeing with me. Hope that helps you somewhat! And hope
to see you soon at a playgroup! Now time to delurk myself....:-)

Sue




--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Wendy McDonald" <mollymackmom@e...>
wrote:
>
>
> --- Wendy McDonald
> --- mollymackmom@e...
> --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Wendy McDonald <mollymackmom@e...>
> > To: <zanhawk@a...>
> > Date: 7/25/2002 1:48:23 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Unschooling-dotcom] Jumping Right in...
> >
>
> (I just realized that I messed up and sent this to a personal email
instead
> of the group. Sorry about that!)
> > Hello,
> > I was motivated by this post to take this opportunity to introduce
> myself. I, too, have been lurking. I am just about to start on the
> "official" path of unschooling (after compromising to a year of
half day
> Kindergarten for my oldest daughter). I am very excited, but very
nervous
> suddenly. I have been working on my husband for almost 3 years.
Now I
> feel like I have to prove to him, and others that question this life
> choice, that unschooling will be successful by the end of the next
school
> year. I tried to explain to him about child-led learning, and that
> "education" doesn't have to exist solely within the parameters of
the
> public education curriculum, but this is hard for him to wrap his
brain
> around. I am wondering if anyone knows of a good "one stop
shopping"
> resource for him to get a clearer picture of what we are about to
embark
> on. Unfortunately he is an orthopedic surgery resident so any
spare time
> he has he's usually reading his medical books. That's why I'm
looking for
> a concise, informative, unschooling read that he could get through
quickly,
> transforming him into an unschooling advocate (I can dream, I
always tell
> him).
> > Thanks for listening to me. I look forward to sharing in the
unschooling
> journey with y'all.
> > peace,
> > Wendy
> >
> > --- Wendy McDonald
> > --- mollymackmom@e...
> > --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: Jamie Lemon <zanhawk@a...>
> > > To: <Unschooling-dotcom@y...>
> > > Date: 7/25/2002 12:56:08 PM
> > > Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Jumping Right in...
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > > I've been lurking for a few days, I think it is about time to
introduce
> > > myself so that I can "jump right in" on the coversations.
> > >
> > > We (dh, ds 8yo, dd 11yo) have been HSing for almost 6 years. We
started
> out
> > > unschooling. A strange turn of events involving bitter family
members
> and
> > > social services made me lose my mind <g> and I began "school at
home"
> > > practices after only 1 year unschooling. I have flipped back
and forth
> over
> > > the years. We are back to unschooling now, to stay, forever.
This time
> > > feels different for us. For this and many other changes I thank
all the
> > > posters on this and other unschooly lists, message boards, and
web page
> > > articles. My family is happier now.
> > >
> > > We currently live in central Indiana. I've lived in many places
> (Alaska,
> > > Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, Indiana)
and
> attended
> > > 12 different public schools in my youth. (Yes, I am still
recovering
> from
> > > that) LOL
> > >
> > > Well, that's all for now.... :-)
> > >
> > > Warmly,
> > > Zan
> > >
> > > This message is cross-posted to other lists, sorry if you have
to read
> it
> > > twice :-(
> > > ________________________________________________________________
> > > Zan Hawk
> > > ICQ#: 811555
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If you have questions, concerns or problems with this list,
please
> email the Moderator, Joyce Fetteroll, at fetteroll@e...
> > >
> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> > > Unschooling-dotcom-unsubscribe@y...
> > >
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> > >
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> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
> > >