Fetteroll

on 8/9/02 12:05 AM, Luz Shosie and Ned Vare at nedvare@... wrote:

> Last I looked, Helen was saying that in the subject of unschooling,
> hardly anything was Off Topic.

Ned, perhaps you missed Helen saying:

> Ned, I sympathize with your gung-ho approach to this whole subject,
> and anyone who's read much of my writing will know I've been there
> myself for 20+ years. And don't make the mistake of thinking I've
> mellowed with time. But this list is about *supporting* unschooling,
> and while we do encourage wandering off that topic, we don't need to
> turn this into the Unschoolers Against Public Schooling list. Thanks
> for understanding.

and:

> At Home Education Magazine we've always tried to take a generally
> positive approach to homeschooling and unschooling, helping people
> find alternatives when they've decided it's time to go seeking, but
> not going out of our way to convince people that they're doing the
> wrong thing and need to change (well, with one significant
> politically-charged exception <g>). We quite regularly reject
> articles badmouthing schools and teachers and the whole educational
> bureaucracy, not because we want to promote the schooling experience
> (*far* from it, trust me), but because it just doesn't make any sense
> to us to try to build up what we believe in, what we trust and rely
> on, by tearing down what other people might believe in and trust and
> rely on. There are better ways to get along in the world.

They were gentle suggestions that perhaps got lost in the passion of debate?

I sense the list is getting restless that this isn't dying down as it
appeared it was going to. You have a great deal useful to say about
*unschooling* which is what people signed onto the list for. It would help
to take off the political hat now so people can hear what you have to say
about unschooling.

Joyce
Unschooling-dotcom moderator