Alan & Brenda Leonard

> I come from a teaching family (I'm the
> first girl to not only graduate college w/out a teaching degree, but
> than choose to homeschool) Try picturing how well that sits.

Tina,

I can definitely sympathize. Every one of our son's grandparents are
teachers. They span the grades from pre-K to college. Hold firm -- I keep
trying to remember that *I'm* the expert on unschooling. They know nothing
about it, though they keep trying to tell me that due to their great
education and experience, they *know* what my son needs. bah humbug.

brenda

inmdcrew

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@e...>
wrote:
> > I come from a teaching family (I'm the
> > first girl to not only graduate college w/out a teaching degree,
but
> > than choose to homeschool) Try picturing how well that sits.
>
> Tina,
>
> I can definitely sympathize. Every one of our son's grandparents
are
> teachers. They span the grades from pre-K to college. Hold firm --
I keep
> trying to remember that *I'm* the expert on unschooling. They know
nothing
> about it, though they keep trying to tell me that due to their great
> education and experience, they *know* what my son needs. bah
humbug.
>
> brenda


Oh, my whole family is teachers. Grandparents, sons/daughter,
grandchildren and (can you believe this?)-- every last new addition
to the family this past year 6(inlaws) are all teachers. Yuck!
It makes me sick! Not only am I odd in that I am not a teacher. But
this whole attitude extends into fashion, food, child rearing outside
of school, etc.

I am defintely the odd ball. I guess my college degree and medical
license means nothing. In fact they act as if I have shamed the
family.

Oh, well. We just stay away and only do Christmas. My kids pick up
the attitudes from them b/c they usually don't want to go anywhere
with them.

Tina(inmdcrew)