Re: Intoduction
Campbell & Wyman
>Hey Buzz,
>Hi!
>My name is Debbie.I'm married to Darryl and have three kids, two that I
>unschool, one in highschool (totally her choice).
>We are in the soutern part of Ontario, Canada.
Is that you??? Welcome to this list.
Brooke in B.C.
who long ago was on the flora.ca list
brynlee@...
Thomas and Nanci Kuykendall
>Hi!Hi and Welcome to the family!
>My name is Debbie.
Nanci K.
David & Betsy Wright
Hi Debbie!
Welcome to the list. I am a relative newcomer too, but it is an awesome list and these people are wonderful. I too am trying to relearn French and Spanish. I grew up 10 miles from Quebec, but have gotten quite rusty. I am unschooling 3 kids: James (13), Zach (8 almost 9), and Alannah (5).
Glad to have you!
P.S. Zach is going to write to your son Nathan - he really wants a pen pal.
Betsy Wright
The Wright Way To Homeschool
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/homeschoolingwrights
email: deejay@...
I can do everything through Him who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
Welcome to the list. I am a relative newcomer too, but it is an awesome list and these people are wonderful. I too am trying to relearn French and Spanish. I grew up 10 miles from Quebec, but have gotten quite rusty. I am unschooling 3 kids: James (13), Zach (8 almost 9), and Alannah (5).
Glad to have you!
P.S. Zach is going to write to your son Nathan - he really wants a pen pal.
Betsy Wright
The Wright Way To Homeschool
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/homeschoolingwrights
email: deejay@...
I can do everything through Him who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
D Klement
Hi!
My name is Debbie.I'm married to Darryl and have three kids, two that I
unschool, one in highschool (totally her choice).
We are in the soutern part of Ontario, Canada.
We are lucky enough to have a *struggling to get going* support group
that embraces Unschoolers. Most Homeschoolers around here are a little
paranoid and aren't our *cup 'o tea* se we feel lucky to have found our
fledgling group!
I have Multiple Sclerosis which was one of the initial reasons we chose
unschooling....the other reason being it justs suits our kids.
The MS can cause a lot of physical problems and physical fatigue as well
as mental fatigue (also known as a numb brain day <g>) but that all
comes and goes and I have lots of good days, week, or months before a
problem sets in.
Sometimes my messages/replies to posts will make sense to me (a numb
brain day) and no one else so if I ever post anything you can't quite
make sense of just let me know and I'll try to make my thoughts more
clear.
My kids ....
Nathan (almost 10)loves anything Star Wars, taking things apart, TV
(he's an addict so we have to keep an eye on that), Pokemon,keyboard,
games, playing with our rats and guninea pig, *The Hobbit* and so much
more ...
Samantha (8 1/2) loves reading, playing on the keyboard, teaching
herself harmonica, drawing, writing lists and letters to friends and is
a big Beatrice Potter fan.
Both kids are trying to learn French...Nathan because he wants to be a
Chef and Sam because she just thinks it's fun!
Katie (14) is in a *magnet* type semestered highschool in a selfpaced
program that caters to her needs. So far we're favourable impressed with
it.
Her choice is the public system even though we would have loved it if
she had chosen to homeschool.
I like read (a lot!), to knit and crochet, want to get back into
watercolour painting, play around on the keyboard, relearning French.
Darryl is into Bar-b-que ing and is building himself a smoker.
He is wanting to get into robotics and play around with that with
Nathan.
We both help out where we can with our provincial Homeschool support
group. Their URL is in our sig if anybody is curious and so is the
Canadian Homeschool page.
....Debbie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My name is Debbie.I'm married to Darryl and have three kids, two that I
unschool, one in highschool (totally her choice).
We are in the soutern part of Ontario, Canada.
We are lucky enough to have a *struggling to get going* support group
that embraces Unschoolers. Most Homeschoolers around here are a little
paranoid and aren't our *cup 'o tea* se we feel lucky to have found our
fledgling group!
I have Multiple Sclerosis which was one of the initial reasons we chose
unschooling....the other reason being it justs suits our kids.
The MS can cause a lot of physical problems and physical fatigue as well
as mental fatigue (also known as a numb brain day <g>) but that all
comes and goes and I have lots of good days, week, or months before a
problem sets in.
Sometimes my messages/replies to posts will make sense to me (a numb
brain day) and no one else so if I ever post anything you can't quite
make sense of just let me know and I'll try to make my thoughts more
clear.
My kids ....
Nathan (almost 10)loves anything Star Wars, taking things apart, TV
(he's an addict so we have to keep an eye on that), Pokemon,keyboard,
games, playing with our rats and guninea pig, *The Hobbit* and so much
more ...
Samantha (8 1/2) loves reading, playing on the keyboard, teaching
herself harmonica, drawing, writing lists and letters to friends and is
a big Beatrice Potter fan.
Both kids are trying to learn French...Nathan because he wants to be a
Chef and Sam because she just thinks it's fun!
Katie (14) is in a *magnet* type semestered highschool in a selfpaced
program that caters to her needs. So far we're favourable impressed with
it.
Her choice is the public system even though we would have loved it if
she had chosen to homeschool.
I like read (a lot!), to knit and crochet, want to get back into
watercolour painting, play around on the keyboard, relearning French.
Darryl is into Bar-b-que ing and is building himself a smoker.
He is wanting to get into robotics and play around with that with
Nathan.
We both help out where we can with our provincial Homeschool support
group. Their URL is in our sig if anybody is curious and so is the
Canadian Homeschool page.
....Debbie
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A. Yates
always curious....do tell!
A. Yates
great story, what nerve you have. I'm much too chicken.
Welcome Buzz...glad to know you.
Ann
D Klement wrote:
Welcome Buzz...glad to know you.
Ann
D Klement wrote:
> From: D Klement <klement@...>
>
> A. Yates wrote:
> >
> > From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
> >
> > always curious....do tell!
> >
>
> OK.....
> I'm a Buddhist. Buddhists believe in the principal of non-attachment.
> I had my hair long enough to have about an 8inch braid.
> I was getting to the pint where I obsessed over my hair (vanity) because
> it was mangy looking and I just don't *do* hair...have no talent for
> doing hair!
> I came to the conclusion that I was too *attatched* to it (pun
> intended).
> So one night about 5 yrs ago I walked inot the kitchen and grabbed the
> kitchen shears and cut off the braid and wallked into the living room
> and said *I think we better get the electric clippers out and finish
> this*.
> So for about 3 yrs after I rather looked like a Buddhist Nun.
> Never had so many compliments on my hair in my life!
> Then on our Canadian Homeschool e-list we had a few Debbies pop up and I
> was no longer the only one so I chose to go by Buzz to avoid confusions.
>
> Whew!
> So now you ALL know...Brooke I think already heard this story before ;-)
> Hubby wasn't fond of it so now I sport a short whas & wear style.
>
> Debbie...aka...Buzz
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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D Klement
Campbell & Wyman wrote:
Are there a lot of Debs or Debbies here...should I go by Buzz here too?
Yes there is a story behind the nickname and if anybody is curious I'll
tell you about it if you want.
Debbie...aka...buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Yup! It's me!
> From: Campbell & Wyman <brynlee@...>
>
> >
> >Hi!
> >My name is Debbie.I'm married to Darryl and have three kids, two that I
> >unschool, one in highschool (totally her choice).
> >We are in the soutern part of Ontario, Canada.
>
> Hey Buzz,
> Is that you??? Welcome to this list.
>
> Brooke in B.C.
Are there a lot of Debs or Debbies here...should I go by Buzz here too?
Yes there is a story behind the nickname and if anybody is curious I'll
tell you about it if you want.
Debbie...aka...buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/24/2000 7:15:20 AM Central Standard Time,
klement@... writes:
<< I have Multiple Sclerosis which was one of the initial reasons we chose
unschooling....the other reason being it justs suits our kids.
The MS can cause a lot of physical problems and physical fatigue as well
as mental fatigue (also known as a numb brain day <g>) but that all
comes and goes and I have lots of good days, week, or months before a
problem sets in. >>
Hi Debbie,
I'm mostly a lurker, although very rarely I think of something I've just
GOTTA say. I completely understand what you're saying about the MS because I
have central nervous system lupus. The docs thought it was MS for quite a
while, until I popped out a great big butterfly rash (hallmark of lupus). I
call "those days" Brain Fog and they happen frequently around here! People
often ask me if homeschooling isn't maybe a bad idea since my health is very
unpredictable. I tell them that no, the stress of sending my little chickens
off to school would be much harder on me. That's one of the reasons
unschooling is perfect for us. There's no reason we can't do everything we
want to do on a day when Mom has to spend lot of time just sitting down and
relaxing. It's given my boys empathy, wisdom, and strength beyond their
years. I wish you the best and please feel free to email me privately
anytime. It would be nice to relate to someone who understands that
completely wrung-out, drained feeling and how it affects what we do all day.
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
klement@... writes:
<< I have Multiple Sclerosis which was one of the initial reasons we chose
unschooling....the other reason being it justs suits our kids.
The MS can cause a lot of physical problems and physical fatigue as well
as mental fatigue (also known as a numb brain day <g>) but that all
comes and goes and I have lots of good days, week, or months before a
problem sets in. >>
Hi Debbie,
I'm mostly a lurker, although very rarely I think of something I've just
GOTTA say. I completely understand what you're saying about the MS because I
have central nervous system lupus. The docs thought it was MS for quite a
while, until I popped out a great big butterfly rash (hallmark of lupus). I
call "those days" Brain Fog and they happen frequently around here! People
often ask me if homeschooling isn't maybe a bad idea since my health is very
unpredictable. I tell them that no, the stress of sending my little chickens
off to school would be much harder on me. That's one of the reasons
unschooling is perfect for us. There's no reason we can't do everything we
want to do on a day when Mom has to spend lot of time just sitting down and
relaxing. It's given my boys empathy, wisdom, and strength beyond their
years. I wish you the best and please feel free to email me privately
anytime. It would be nice to relate to someone who understands that
completely wrung-out, drained feeling and how it affects what we do all day.
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/24/2000 10:08:18 AM Central Standard Time,
deejay@... writes:
<< Zach is going to write to your son Nathan - he really wants a pen pal. >>
Hi Betsy,
do you mind if my Andy (8 going on 9) gets in on that e-pal action? He's
been wanting to find one, and so far has not found anyone who doesn't attend
public school. I don't know what Zach's interests are, but Andy's are very
similar to Nathan's. He also absolutely LOVES superheroes, magic tricks, and
outer space. Do you think they'd hit it off?
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
deejay@... writes:
<< Zach is going to write to your son Nathan - he really wants a pen pal. >>
Hi Betsy,
do you mind if my Andy (8 going on 9) gets in on that e-pal action? He's
been wanting to find one, and so far has not found anyone who doesn't attend
public school. I don't know what Zach's interests are, but Andy's are very
similar to Nathan's. He also absolutely LOVES superheroes, magic tricks, and
outer space. Do you think they'd hit it off?
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/24/2000 12:13:50 PM Central Standard Time,
klement@... writes:
<< I think we better get the electric clippers out and finish
this*.
So for about 3 yrs after I rather looked like a Buddhist Nun.
Never had so many compliments on my hair in my life! >>
Debbie - something else we have in common! I too shaved mine when I was
taking chemo for the lupus, and I LOVED it! I never had so many compliments.
I am seriously considering doing it again. The only downside - I got cold
easily.
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
klement@... writes:
<< I think we better get the electric clippers out and finish
this*.
So for about 3 yrs after I rather looked like a Buddhist Nun.
Never had so many compliments on my hair in my life! >>
Debbie - something else we have in common! I too shaved mine when I was
taking chemo for the lupus, and I LOVED it! I never had so many compliments.
I am seriously considering doing it again. The only downside - I got cold
easily.
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
D Klement
A. Yates wrote:
I'm a Buddhist. Buddhists believe in the principal of non-attachment.
I had my hair long enough to have about an 8inch braid.
I was getting to the pint where I obsessed over my hair (vanity) because
it was mangy looking and I just don't *do* hair...have no talent for
doing hair!
I came to the conclusion that I was too *attatched* to it (pun
intended).
So one night about 5 yrs ago I walked inot the kitchen and grabbed the
kitchen shears and cut off the braid and wallked into the living room
and said *I think we better get the electric clippers out and finish
this*.
So for about 3 yrs after I rather looked like a Buddhist Nun.
Never had so many compliments on my hair in my life!
Then on our Canadian Homeschool e-list we had a few Debbies pop up and I
was no longer the only one so I chose to go by Buzz to avoid confusions.
Whew!
So now you ALL know...Brooke I think already heard this story before ;-)
Hubby wasn't fond of it so now I sport a short whas & wear style.
Debbie...aka...Buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>OK.....
> From: "A. Yates" <hooperck@...>
>
> always curious....do tell!
>
I'm a Buddhist. Buddhists believe in the principal of non-attachment.
I had my hair long enough to have about an 8inch braid.
I was getting to the pint where I obsessed over my hair (vanity) because
it was mangy looking and I just don't *do* hair...have no talent for
doing hair!
I came to the conclusion that I was too *attatched* to it (pun
intended).
So one night about 5 yrs ago I walked inot the kitchen and grabbed the
kitchen shears and cut off the braid and wallked into the living room
and said *I think we better get the electric clippers out and finish
this*.
So for about 3 yrs after I rather looked like a Buddhist Nun.
Never had so many compliments on my hair in my life!
Then on our Canadian Homeschool e-list we had a few Debbies pop up and I
was no longer the only one so I chose to go by Buzz to avoid confusions.
Whew!
So now you ALL know...Brooke I think already heard this story before ;-)
Hubby wasn't fond of it so now I sport a short whas & wear style.
Debbie...aka...Buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
David & Betsy Wright
Zach says he would love to have Andy for a pen pal as well. I'll sit down with him tonight or tomorrow and we'll get an email off to him.
Betsy Wright
The Wright Way To Homeschool
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/homeschoolingwrights
email: deejay@...
I can do everything through Him who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
Betsy Wright
The Wright Way To Homeschool
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/homeschoolingwrights
email: deejay@...
I can do everything through Him who strengthens me. Phillipians 4:13
----- Original Message -----
From: Monkeycoop@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Intoduction
From: Monkeycoop@...
In a message dated 1/24/2000 10:08:18 AM Central Standard Time,
deejay@... writes:
<< Zach is going to write to your son Nathan - he really wants a pen pal. >>
Hi Betsy,
do you mind if my Andy (8 going on 9) gets in on that e-pal action? He's
been wanting to find one, and so far has not found anyone who doesn't attend
public school. I don't know what Zach's interests are, but Andy's are very
similar to Nathan's. He also absolutely LOVES superheroes, magic tricks, and
outer space. Do you think they'd hit it off?
**** Kim ****
runs with scissors
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D Klement
Monkeycoop@... wrote:
says *Hey I have that* or *Hey I have a family member/friend with that*
People just don't get it that life is sooo much easier when you can
adjust your kids learning time table to the disease....it's so hard to
get a school to accomodate me (BEG).
I really don't think they have a teacher willing to do French work at
8pm at night (BBEG) or willing to walk my kids to and from school
because my legs feel like they're vibrating so bad that I can't manage
to walk that distance etc.
*I* for one would be so bored if my kids were in school all
day....<wink>
Buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Every time I mention my MS on the Canadain HS list somebody pops up and
> From: Monkeycoop@...
>
> In a message dated 1/24/2000 7:15:20 AM Central Standard Time,
> klement@... writes:
>
> << I have Multiple Sclerosis which was one of the initial reasons we chose
> unschooling....the other reason being it justs suits our kids.
> The MS can cause a lot of physical problems and physical fatigue as well
> as mental fatigue (also known as a numb brain day <g>) but that all
> comes and goes and I have lots of good days, week, or months before a
> problem sets in. >>
> Hi Debbie,
> I'm mostly a lurker, although very rarely I think of something I've just
> GOTTA say. I completely understand what you're saying about the MS because I
> have central nervous system lupus.
says *Hey I have that* or *Hey I have a family member/friend with that*
People just don't get it that life is sooo much easier when you can
adjust your kids learning time table to the disease....it's so hard to
get a school to accomodate me (BEG).
I really don't think they have a teacher willing to do French work at
8pm at night (BBEG) or willing to walk my kids to and from school
because my legs feel like they're vibrating so bad that I can't manage
to walk that distance etc.
*I* for one would be so bored if my kids were in school all
day....<wink>
Buzz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~