Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2236
Deb
Thanks, Sandra.
It's late a tonight (2 AM) and I've gotta say good-bye and go ::taking a
last look at all the posts before I have to go on a "fast" from e-mail
on my trip::>
Debbie
It's late a tonight (2 AM) and I've gotta say good-bye and go ::taking a
last look at all the posts before I have to go on a "fast" from e-mail
on my trip::>
Debbie
>>>It has to do with how we use collective verbs.U.S., the family (as a singular unit) IS going.
>>>>In England the family are going.
[email protected]
In a message dated 8/12/2002 10:03:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
was an old beatup briefcase - junky, but it was my dad's and I couldn't bring
myself to toss it out. It sat out in the living room for a few weeks and then
I accepted reality that I was NOT going to get rid of it and I stuck it on a
way-high hard-to-reach shelf out of sight. There it sat for about 8 years.
Then, one day I took it down and opened it and guess what was in it? Yep -
the MISSING TV remote control --- missing since my then-10 yo daughter was
TWO YEARS OLD <G>. She's now almost 18 and we still have the tv and still
have that remote and I think about her putting it in that briefcase, her
little two-year-old fingers struggling with those latches---opening them,
putting the remote control inside, carefully closing the old latches ---
every time I use it. And that reminds me of my dad, who died when she was
only two and before my other kids were even born and I think how he'd just
crack UP at how we turned the house inside out looking for that remote
control and there it was, safely in his briefcase all that time.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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[email protected] writes:
> ;) So it doesn't ever quiet down? - Well, I keep telling myself I'd ratherMy step-mother brought me some of my dad's things, after he passed away. One
> have them all here - then my kids somewhere else... although I wasn't to
> happy when my 4 year old and his friend somehow made off with my digital
> camera into a "secret hiding place" that is so secret they can no longer
> find it! I guess you just have to laugh about it!
was an old beatup briefcase - junky, but it was my dad's and I couldn't bring
myself to toss it out. It sat out in the living room for a few weeks and then
I accepted reality that I was NOT going to get rid of it and I stuck it on a
way-high hard-to-reach shelf out of sight. There it sat for about 8 years.
Then, one day I took it down and opened it and guess what was in it? Yep -
the MISSING TV remote control --- missing since my then-10 yo daughter was
TWO YEARS OLD <G>. She's now almost 18 and we still have the tv and still
have that remote and I think about her putting it in that briefcase, her
little two-year-old fingers struggling with those latches---opening them,
putting the remote control inside, carefully closing the old latches ---
every time I use it. And that reminds me of my dad, who died when she was
only two and before my other kids were even born and I think how he'd just
crack UP at how we turned the house inside out looking for that remote
control and there it was, safely in his briefcase all that time.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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[email protected]
In a message dated 8/12/2002 10:03:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
and 3 than to try to adjust mindsets when the kids are older.
Confidence comes over time - those who are starting out thinking along
unschooling lines are going to be so MUCH more clear and confident and calm
when their kids are older and when it can sometimes get a little harder to
resist the pressures of the dominant "school-is-a-child's-work" cultural
beliefs.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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[email protected] writes:
> But I still think a parent whoAND - it is so much easier to develop that mindset when the kids are still 5
> > has chosen to unschool when the child is 3 is an unschooling parent in an
>
> > unschooling family. There's a change of attitude that comes with
> > recognizing
> > the value in that unschooling label and lifestyle.
> >
> >
>
> I agree with this, Mary. My kids are almost-5yo and almost-3yo. I think the
>
> difference is in the mindset.
and 3 than to try to adjust mindsets when the kids are older.
Confidence comes over time - those who are starting out thinking along
unschooling lines are going to be so MUCH more clear and confident and calm
when their kids are older and when it can sometimes get a little harder to
resist the pressures of the dominant "school-is-a-child's-work" cultural
beliefs.
--pamS
National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!
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