Re: Need Clever answer
Pam Hartley
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Once, someone still insisted they wanted to know what grade. <g> Brit looked
to me and I told her, in front of the stranger, "If you were in school,
you'd be in third grade" and Brit kindly repeated that information. ;)
Pam
>From: [email protected]My daughters just tell people kindly, "I homeschool."
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2600
>Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2002, 6:15 AM
>
> We're a year into unschooling and love it. My daughter is often
> asked "what grade are you in?" by people when we're out and about.
>
> I'm looking for a clever, (but nice) answer to give people, without
> answering a specific grade. I'm trying to get away from those
> schoolish things! I also don't want to get into a big discussion in
> the grocery store, for instance, about unschooling.
Once, someone still insisted they wanted to know what grade. <g> Brit looked
to me and I told her, in front of the stranger, "If you were in school,
you'd be in third grade" and Brit kindly repeated that information. ;)
Pam
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In a message dated 11/4/02 11:03:00 AM Central Standard Time,
pamhartley@... writes:
for Girl Scouts. I told her some of the people would be easier to deliver to
during the day. She took her brother along so he could take some orders for
popcorn. I wasn't too sure, but thought what the hey! They just came back
with pink cheeks and out of breath. Most people on our block know the kids
are at home. One lady asked the kids why they weren't in school. Moly is
telling me that Jack told the woman that "My Mom doesn't believe in school.
She wants us to grow up smart and happy." So then she said "Oh, you're
homeschooled!" Jack said, "No, we don't do that either." Moly said she didn't
ask anything else. But she did pay Moly for her candy order and took an order
for popcorn from Jack. So that was nice. I can just hear her talking to her
neighbor about those kids down the block! <g>
Most times my kids tell people we unschool and since most people around here
don't know what they are talking about, they don't say much. Once a woman
asked what grade Moly would be in, and Moly told her we don't do grades. The
woman wanted to know how Moly knew how well she was doing. Moly said "Well,
my Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa Edds, Uncle Will and Aunt Renee' tell me I
am really smart, so I guess I do just fine." (Good girl!)
~Nancy
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pamhartley@... writes:
> Once, someone still insisted they wanted to know what grade. <g> Brit lookedThis morning, I loaded the wagon up with some of the candy orders Moly took
> to me and I told her, in front of the stranger, "If you were in school,
> you'd be in third grade" and Brit kindly repeated that information. ;)
>
> Pam
>
for Girl Scouts. I told her some of the people would be easier to deliver to
during the day. She took her brother along so he could take some orders for
popcorn. I wasn't too sure, but thought what the hey! They just came back
with pink cheeks and out of breath. Most people on our block know the kids
are at home. One lady asked the kids why they weren't in school. Moly is
telling me that Jack told the woman that "My Mom doesn't believe in school.
She wants us to grow up smart and happy." So then she said "Oh, you're
homeschooled!" Jack said, "No, we don't do that either." Moly said she didn't
ask anything else. But she did pay Moly for her candy order and took an order
for popcorn from Jack. So that was nice. I can just hear her talking to her
neighbor about those kids down the block! <g>
Most times my kids tell people we unschool and since most people around here
don't know what they are talking about, they don't say much. Once a woman
asked what grade Moly would be in, and Moly told her we don't do grades. The
woman wanted to know how Moly knew how well she was doing. Moly said "Well,
my Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa Edds, Uncle Will and Aunt Renee' tell me I
am really smart, so I guess I do just fine." (Good girl!)
~Nancy
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