Re: 2283 -feeling support
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
on 8/24/02 9:31 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
homeschools her kids. You mention the reason you are keeping the kids home
is so that you don't "stifle" them or have them "lined up." Please tell us
more about that.
Ned Vare
[email protected] wrote:
> We just started back to school. I teach 2nd grade. I am SOOOO thankful weThanks Bj for this insight into your life as a public school teacher who
> have the blessing of keeping our children at home, not stifling there
> creative and knowledge. Not having them lined up as "just another quiet or
> wiggly kid in line".
>
> BLESSINGS SENT...
> Hug your kid! They deserve it!
> Bj
homeschools her kids. You mention the reason you are keeping the kids home
is so that you don't "stifle" them or have them "lined up." Please tell us
more about that.
Ned Vare
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Hello Everybody,
I just joined this list. I recognize some of you from other lists:)
My husband Ron and I live in Halifax, NS in eastern Canada. We unschool
our 5 kids, boys aged 16 1/2, 15, almost 13, 10 1/2 and a girl who is 5 1/2.
We started our homeschooling and unschooling journey in Montreal but have
lived out here for more than 7 years.
I haven't been on any unschooling lists for a couple of years and am
looking forward to chatting with other unschoolers.
That's it for now.
Susanna Eve in Halifax, NS, Canada
"Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises."
Elizabeth Zimmermann 1910-2000
I just joined this list. I recognize some of you from other lists:)
My husband Ron and I live in Halifax, NS in eastern Canada. We unschool
our 5 kids, boys aged 16 1/2, 15, almost 13, 10 1/2 and a girl who is 5 1/2.
We started our homeschooling and unschooling journey in Montreal but have
lived out here for more than 7 years.
I haven't been on any unschooling lists for a couple of years and am
looking forward to chatting with other unschoolers.
That's it for now.
Susanna Eve in Halifax, NS, Canada
"Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises."
Elizabeth Zimmermann 1910-2000
Fetteroll
on 8/25/02 1:57 PM, Luz Shosie and Ned Vare at nedvare@... wrote:
another here, I am *politely* asking why *you* specifically are asking. You
don't have a child in school. You don't even have a child at home. You are
not struggling with the decision on whether to take your child out of school
or not or what method to use to homeschool them.
The only conceivable reason I can think for your asking is that your trying
to bring "testimonials" to the list so the rest of us will finally "get"
what you're saying.
We are not an "us" that needs someone whose been there and done that to ask
our questions for us. (That's feeling awfully schoolish to me.) Those of
"us" who want to know will ask.
"We" are also not an "us" because you are not currently unschooling a child.
It's unfortunate to point that out since it could make others who aren't
unschooling a child feel uncomfomtable about being here or posting, but
since you repeatedly insist that your concerns must be our concerns, it
apparently needs to be pointed out. Someone who is not of (or not
considering becoming part of) the demographic a list is set up for should
politely sit back and respect the natural flow of the conversation of those
who are of the demographic. People have said your experiences as an
unschooling father that are relevant to questions asked are more than
welcome. They do address the concerns of the demographic. The list is not
set up to meet the needs of those who are beyond the unschooling life.
Joyce
> Thanks Bj for this insight into your life as a public school teacher whoNed, while this is a perfectly legitimate question for one person to ask
> homeschools her kids. You mention the reason you are keeping the kids home
> is so that you don't "stifle" them or have them "lined up." Please tell us
> more about that.
another here, I am *politely* asking why *you* specifically are asking. You
don't have a child in school. You don't even have a child at home. You are
not struggling with the decision on whether to take your child out of school
or not or what method to use to homeschool them.
The only conceivable reason I can think for your asking is that your trying
to bring "testimonials" to the list so the rest of us will finally "get"
what you're saying.
We are not an "us" that needs someone whose been there and done that to ask
our questions for us. (That's feeling awfully schoolish to me.) Those of
"us" who want to know will ask.
"We" are also not an "us" because you are not currently unschooling a child.
It's unfortunate to point that out since it could make others who aren't
unschooling a child feel uncomfomtable about being here or posting, but
since you repeatedly insist that your concerns must be our concerns, it
apparently needs to be pointed out. Someone who is not of (or not
considering becoming part of) the demographic a list is set up for should
politely sit back and respect the natural flow of the conversation of those
who are of the demographic. People have said your experiences as an
unschooling father that are relevant to questions asked are more than
welcome. They do address the concerns of the demographic. The list is not
set up to meet the needs of those who are beyond the unschooling life.
Joyce