Jeff & Kate Kerr

I should probably stay out of this, but I'm not going to.

For some reason this exchange has really affected me, maybe because I've
got some yucky stuff going on here too.

I don't need to defend Sandra, she can do that herself. And I'm not
trying to. I just want to explain my position.

I came here a few years ago, never posted, read a lot and got angry a
lot. I thought we were unschooling, I had read so much for years on the
subject and while I had never personally met anyone who did it (still
haven't, by the way), I thought we were doing it.

I unsubbed in anger a few times over the past few years, but the stuff I
read here sunk in. I may have hated the advice (even if it wasn't
directed toward me) but I took most of it to heart. Our family has
changed for the better, a lot due to Sandra (and Mary, and Ren, and
Joyce, and Pam, and etc...) and I have never thanked any of them for it.

I still get pissed sometimes when I read certain things, but I realize
now that I'm angry for a reason. And I think about the information
being passed on to me by people who have more experience, and I'm
grateful to them.

So thank you to everyone who continues to put up with inflexible people
(including me, even though I do it quietly at home and not on the
list). Keep up the good work, I know I need and value it.

Kate in Ca
who is trying her best to be a better unschooling parent everyday

P.S. THEIR, not thier (can't help it - it really bugs me)

Pam Sorooshian

Kate -- there are so MANY of us unschooling in California -- if you
want to get together with other unschoolers, I betcha we could make
that happen. Write to me. Your note was very encouraging!!!!

-pam


On Friday, February 14, 2003, at 07:28 PM, Jeff & Kate Kerr wrote:

> Kate in Ca
> who is trying her best to be a better unschooling parent everyday
>
Pam Sorooshian
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