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In a message dated 8/13/2002 7:02:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
kenyonbook@... writes:
> By the way, anyone else really miss "Growing Without Schooling"?

I do. (And this explains why I'm chiming back in on this list -- there is too
dang much to learn from unschoolers. I will be selective, however, with what
I reply to.)

For the record, we are not unschoolers in my home. I am fascinated with
unschooling, my favorite books about life are usually by unschoolers (Grace
Llewellyn or, say, Albert Jay Nock ... well, Nock is dead, and had some ideas
that would piss the hell out of most at this list, but he essentially taught
himself Greek and Latin until he went off to college; however, I think many
unschoolers might find him interesting).

I have back issues of GWS and turn to them frequently. I wish however, that
there were no such label [unschooling] for what goes on in the homes of most
members here. Yet, I understand that we need touchstones, and "unschooling"
suffices. But if there were no such label, I think what we do here in my home
would actually be much in line with what Holt, et al. were about, but not
completely, I admit.

While we talk about "unschooling" some of us have the peripheral image or
barometer, if you will, of the education we got, or at least what the
majority still gets, and that is public schooling. The ubiquitous and
universal creed that "people must be educated," gets thrown about as if
"education" is an endeavor apart from living. It isn't, and I think we in our
home would be about the same things as we are now, but without the talk about
it being "education." Living and loving is more like it.

What I say above so feebly, got said much better in the pages of GWS, and
thankfully still gets said in mags like HEM, or books like The Teenage
Liberation Handbook.

Bob Sale


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kayb85

I think life learning magazine is a nice substitute.
http://www.lifelearningmagazine.com/
Sheila


--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., rsale515@c... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/13/2002 7:02:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kenyonbook@y... writes:
> > By the way, anyone else really miss "Growing Without Schooling"?
>
> I do. (And this explains why I'm chiming back in on this list --
there is too
> dang much to learn from unschoolers. I will be selective, however,
with what
> I reply to.)
>
> For the record, we are not unschoolers in my home. I am fascinated
with
> unschooling, my favorite books about life are usually by
unschoolers (Grace
> Llewellyn or, say, Albert Jay Nock ... well, Nock is dead, and had
some ideas
> that would piss the hell out of most at this list, but he
essentially taught
> himself Greek and Latin until he went off to college; however, I
think many
> unschoolers might find him interesting).
>
> I have back issues of GWS and turn to them frequently. I wish
however, that
> there were no such label [unschooling] for what goes on in the
homes of most
> members here. Yet, I understand that we need touchstones,
and "unschooling"
> suffices. But if there were no such label, I think what we do here
in my home
> would actually be much in line with what Holt, et al. were about,
but not
> completely, I admit.
>
> While we talk about "unschooling" some of us have the peripheral
image or
> barometer, if you will, of the education we got, or at least what
the
> majority still gets, and that is public schooling. The ubiquitous
and
> universal creed that "people must be educated," gets thrown about
as if
> "education" is an endeavor apart from living. It isn't, and I think
we in our
> home would be about the same things as we are now, but without the
talk about
> it being "education." Living and loving is more like it.
>
> What I say above so feebly, got said much better in the pages of
GWS, and
> thankfully still gets said in mags like HEM, or books like The
Teenage
> Liberation Handbook.
>
> Bob Sale
>
>
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