Vickie Anders

Hi,
I am new to this list. I have been unschooling my 3
girls ages 14,12 and 10 for 4 years. I let them lead
the way most times but sometimes I introduce things to
them. None of them are anywhere near their public
school counterparts in math and some other subjects
like spelling. My oldest dd wants to go to the
military and college for the medical field, My
question is this,how do I make sure that she can
achieve what she so much wants to achieve while
unschooling? I am feeling the time crunch as she is 14
now and I don't want to mess things up for her or her
sisters, whatever they might choose.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Vickie

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Todd M.

At 12:17 PM 10/24/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi,
>I am new to this list.
==
Welcome to the list, Vickie. I'm Todd, been married to my one & only
soul-mate Ren for 10 yrs. We unschool our 2 (10 & 7), actually we just live
our lives and don't really think much about "how" we're living it. Does
that make sense? Anyway, just wanted to say, "HI", and hope you enjoy the list.

Todd
"A day without sunshine is, like, Night"
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html

Todd M.

At 12:17 PM 10/24/02 -0700, you wrote:

>My oldest dd wants to go to the military and college for the medical
>field, My question is this,how do I make sure that she can achieve what
>she so much wants to achieve while
>unschooling?
==
I would just sit down and discuss those things that he would *need* to go
college, and then him take it from there. As long as he gets accomplished
what he wants eventually, in my opinion, whether it's at 18 or much older,
it is still up to him in the long-run to get it done. We just need to be
advisors when the questions come, and then let go of the outcome.

Todd
"A day without sunshine is, like, Night"
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html

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In a message dated 10/24/02 1:18:44 PM, vickielynne2001@... writes:

<< None of them are anywhere near their public
school counterparts in math and some other subjects
like spelling. My oldest dd wants to go to the
military and college for the medical field >>

Half of the kids (or more) at school aren't up on math and spelling.

Does she go to websites to look at military recruitment stuff? Does she play
around with some of the medical/anatomy websites online? That would be
reading that could turn into writing, which could help with spelling.

She's still young even to worry about math, in my opinion.

There's a quote that goes around (and if anyone knows who said it, pass THAT
on!) that is everything that is taught in the public schools can be learned
in 18 months, if you wait until you're 15. Whatever would be kinda difficult
for her to understand this year will be much easier for her to understand two
years from now.

Medical school is full of people who are older than 21, so she doesn't need t
o be in a hurry to "fit in," and if she does military training first she
might come to something she's truly interested in that she hasn't thought of
yet.

Sandra

Tia Leschke

>
> There's a quote that goes around (and if anyone knows who said it, pass
THAT
> on!) that is everything that is taught in the public schools can be
learned
> in 18 months, if you wait until you're 15.

Gatto said something much like that in a talk I heard a few years ago.
Maybe it's in one of his books.
Tia

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In a message dated 10/25/02 11:50:30 AM, leschke@... writes:

<< Gatto said something much like that in a talk I heard a few years ago.
Maybe it's in one of his books. >>

Maybe. I heard it earlier I think, than I ever read one of his books, but it
might have come from something he had said in a speech earlier. I think I
heard it when I was on Prodigy, but maybe early AOL days, so that would be...
1992 or 1993?

Thanks for the clue, though!