College opportunities
Have a Nice Day!
If anyone is interested in pursuing college level courses and getting credit, check out Exelsior College in NY. (used to be Regents College)
You do not have to enroll to take their exams, there is no minimum age for kids to take their exams and earn credit and they do NOT require SAT's for enrollment either.
They are very homeschool/unschool friendly.
Kristen
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Today is even more important than tomorrow because "today" is a gift, and "tomorrow" might never come.
Today is where hope lives because today is when we can make things better than yesterday.
The only thing we can be sure of is today and life isn't worth living if it isn't lived in joy for as many moments of today as we can manage.
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You do not have to enroll to take their exams, there is no minimum age for kids to take their exams and earn credit and they do NOT require SAT's for enrollment either.
They are very homeschool/unschool friendly.
Kristen
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Today is even more important than tomorrow because "today" is a gift, and "tomorrow" might never come.
Today is where hope lives because today is when we can make things better than yesterday.
The only thing we can be sure of is today and life isn't worth living if it isn't lived in joy for as many moments of today as we can manage.
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Barb Eaton
Maybe just trying to be helpful?
Barb E
"A poor fit between your passions and your work may be
more detrimental than a poor fit between the demands of
your job and your current abilities."
- Robert K. Cooper, Author in ³The Other 90%²
on 2/26/03 6:56 PM, Have a Nice Day! at litlrooh@... wrote:
Barb E
"A poor fit between your passions and your work may be
more detrimental than a poor fit between the demands of
your job and your current abilities."
- Robert K. Cooper, Author in ³The Other 90%²
on 2/26/03 6:56 PM, Have a Nice Day! at litlrooh@... wrote:
> If anyone is interested in pursuing college level courses and getting credit,
> check out Exelsior College in NY. (used to be Regents College)
>
> You do not have to enroll to take their exams, there is no minimum age for
> kids to take their exams and earn credit and they do NOT require SAT's for
> enrollment either.
>
> They are very homeschool/unschool friendly.
>
> Kristen
Have a Nice Day!
Yes, just trying to be helpful in case anyone needed the information.
Kristen
Kristen
----- Original Message -----
From: Barb Eaton
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] College opportunities
Maybe just trying to be helpful?
Barb E
"A poor fit between your passions and your work may be
more detrimental than a poor fit between the demands of
your job and your current abilities."
- Robert K. Cooper, Author in ³The Other 90%²
on 2/26/03 6:56 PM, Have a Nice Day! at litlrooh@... wrote:
> If anyone is interested in pursuing college level courses and getting credit,
> check out Exelsior College in NY. (used to be Regents College)
>
> You do not have to enroll to take their exams, there is no minimum age for
> kids to take their exams and earn credit and they do NOT require SAT's for
> enrollment either.
>
> They are very homeschool/unschool friendly.
>
> Kristen
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Andrea
Both of my older boys read by age five, simply by being read to and having
access to computer games and things like magnetic letters on the fridge. My
3.5-y.o. now recognizes most letters and likes to play Boggle junior. Our
oldest, William,age 10, likes to read fiction and non-fiction both but our
7-y.o. (Eric) does not much like to read on his own. He likes for me to
read to him. He can read anything, though, and likes word games.
A funny story about when Eric learned to read: When he learned, it was like
something clicked, and he could suddenly read everything (the same as it
was for me). There is a coffee and donut chain in Canada called Tim
Horton's with outlets everywhere, and we go there once in a while. As soon
as Eric learned to read he was indignant about the name of the store. "That
sign is wrong! It's not Tim Horton's, it's supposed to be Tim Porton's!" If
you say it out loud you can hear the almost-p sound you make going from the
m to the H.
Donna Andrea in Nova Scotia
access to computer games and things like magnetic letters on the fridge. My
3.5-y.o. now recognizes most letters and likes to play Boggle junior. Our
oldest, William,age 10, likes to read fiction and non-fiction both but our
7-y.o. (Eric) does not much like to read on his own. He likes for me to
read to him. He can read anything, though, and likes word games.
A funny story about when Eric learned to read: When he learned, it was like
something clicked, and he could suddenly read everything (the same as it
was for me). There is a coffee and donut chain in Canada called Tim
Horton's with outlets everywhere, and we go there once in a while. As soon
as Eric learned to read he was indignant about the name of the store. "That
sign is wrong! It's not Tim Horton's, it's supposed to be Tim Porton's!" If
you say it out loud you can hear the almost-p sound you make going from the
m to the H.
Donna Andrea in Nova Scotia
[email protected]
In a message dated 2/28/03 6:25:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
andrea@... writes:
to read, I just remember a simple book that I read over and over. It was like
I had it memorized, but I could identify the words. It went "oh no, not that,
you crazy cat". When I first started unschooling, I had underlying anxiety
about how to teach my younger children to read, because my 10yo was taught at
school and I didn't have to worry about it. I know differently now. I can now
look back at when she was decoding books at home, and it had nothing to do
with what she was doing at school. I am not so worried with my younger
children learning to read now.
Ang
Unschooling mom to
Megan(10) Ashlyn(3) Christian(1.5)
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andrea@... writes:
> when Eric learned to read: When he learned, it was likeI can remember when it clicked for me. I couldn't understand how I was taught
> something clicked, and he could suddenly read everything
to read, I just remember a simple book that I read over and over. It was like
I had it memorized, but I could identify the words. It went "oh no, not that,
you crazy cat". When I first started unschooling, I had underlying anxiety
about how to teach my younger children to read, because my 10yo was taught at
school and I didn't have to worry about it. I know differently now. I can now
look back at when she was decoding books at home, and it had nothing to do
with what she was doing at school. I am not so worried with my younger
children learning to read now.
Ang
Unschooling mom to
Megan(10) Ashlyn(3) Christian(1.5)
<A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/unolist/index.html">UNO Unschoolers Network of Ohio</A>
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/megamom08/page1.html">My Links Page MEGAMOM08</A>
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Angela
That is exactly how my oldest learned to read. I keep saying it was like
magic because it seemed that way to me. I answered her questions, she read
a little bit aloud to me, and then it pretty much clicked and she could read
just about anything. It was so cool!
That was one of the factors in me deciding to homeschool her. How can you
send a kid who can read just about anything into a K class where they don't
introduce the letters until January. I didn't read until I went to school,
but I think I learned the same way. My only memories of Kindergarten are of
sitting in a circle for reading time, waiting for it to be my turn to read
aloud. I would read the three words on the page and then it would take an
eternity to be my turn again, because many of the kids weren't ready to
learn to read and they struggled terribly with it. They don't have kids
read in Kindergarten anymore because they figured that out. But what about
the kids who learned to read early and were ready for it? What do they do
while the other kids learn their letter sounds? They sit there and listen
or interrupt the class by finding something more interesting to do. That
was me, always horsing around because school came easy for me and I had to
entertain myself. :0)
Course, now I am homeschooling for entirely different reasons...love of
learning, being self-directed, etc.
Angela in Maine-unschooling@...
http://userpages.prexar.com/rickshaw/
"What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say."
Emerson
magic because it seemed that way to me. I answered her questions, she read
a little bit aloud to me, and then it pretty much clicked and she could read
just about anything. It was so cool!
That was one of the factors in me deciding to homeschool her. How can you
send a kid who can read just about anything into a K class where they don't
introduce the letters until January. I didn't read until I went to school,
but I think I learned the same way. My only memories of Kindergarten are of
sitting in a circle for reading time, waiting for it to be my turn to read
aloud. I would read the three words on the page and then it would take an
eternity to be my turn again, because many of the kids weren't ready to
learn to read and they struggled terribly with it. They don't have kids
read in Kindergarten anymore because they figured that out. But what about
the kids who learned to read early and were ready for it? What do they do
while the other kids learn their letter sounds? They sit there and listen
or interrupt the class by finding something more interesting to do. That
was me, always horsing around because school came easy for me and I had to
entertain myself. :0)
Course, now I am homeschooling for entirely different reasons...love of
learning, being self-directed, etc.
Angela in Maine-unschooling@...
http://userpages.prexar.com/rickshaw/
"What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say."
Emerson
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> something clicked, and he could suddenly read everything
Sorcha
I was reading at the age of three, and my grandparents "taught" me.
Neither of them had higher than 2nd grade schooling and they didn't own
any books, but they'd sit with me in the kitchen and tell stories. My
grandfather had paper and pencil and he'd write down the key words to
the stories, like if he was talking about himself and his sister when
they were kids, he'd write "Grandpa (Benjamin) and Aunt Mary". My first
day of kindergarten they told us to write everything we could, if we
knew the alphabet or any words. I wrote the alphabet and "I love you"
and my name and address and I was still writing because I hadn't written
all I knew, but the teacher grabbed it from me and said, "We don't need
all that." I remember to this day how insulted I felt. Another vivid
kindergarten memory I have is when I was turning in a paper and I laid
it on the teacher's desk on top of a paper where a boy named Sean had
written his name with the letter "S" written backwards. I asked the
teacher why his letter "S" was facing that way and she told me it was
because he was "an idiot". Even at the age of 5, I was shocked by her
harshness and I didn't see how it made him an idiot.
Sorcha
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Neither of them had higher than 2nd grade schooling and they didn't own
any books, but they'd sit with me in the kitchen and tell stories. My
grandfather had paper and pencil and he'd write down the key words to
the stories, like if he was talking about himself and his sister when
they were kids, he'd write "Grandpa (Benjamin) and Aunt Mary". My first
day of kindergarten they told us to write everything we could, if we
knew the alphabet or any words. I wrote the alphabet and "I love you"
and my name and address and I was still writing because I hadn't written
all I knew, but the teacher grabbed it from me and said, "We don't need
all that." I remember to this day how insulted I felt. Another vivid
kindergarten memory I have is when I was turning in a paper and I laid
it on the teacher's desk on top of a paper where a boy named Sean had
written his name with the letter "S" written backwards. I asked the
teacher why his letter "S" was facing that way and she told me it was
because he was "an idiot". Even at the age of 5, I was shocked by her
harshness and I didn't see how it made him an idiot.
Sorcha
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Angela
If these teachers only knew the effect they had on children long into their
lives....It is so sad.
Angela in Maine-unschooling@...
http://userpages.prexar.com/rickshaw/
"What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say."
Emerson
I asked the
teacher why his letter "S" was facing that way and she told me it was
because he was "an idiot". Even at the age of 5, I was shocked by her
harshness and I didn't see how it made him an idiot.
Sorcha
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lives....It is so sad.
Angela in Maine-unschooling@...
http://userpages.prexar.com/rickshaw/
"What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say."
Emerson
I asked the
teacher why his letter "S" was facing that way and she told me it was
because he was "an idiot". Even at the age of 5, I was shocked by her
harshness and I didn't see how it made him an idiot.
Sorcha
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Sorcha
>>If these teachers only knew the effect they had on children long intotheir
lives....It is so sad.<<
I know. If *I* remember her calling him an idiot, I *know* he remembers
what she thought of him. And she probably told his first grade teacher,
who probably told his second grade teacher .
I think the masters degree in education should include classes in
Compassion 101 and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies.
A different boy I went to school with killed himself when we were 15.
He was ostracized from kindergarten *by the teachers* because he was too
smart. They'd be trying to teach 1+1=2 and he'd be talking about
something he'd just read in a plane geometry book, so they'd make fun of
him. In front of the class. Every teacher we had all the through
school made fun of him in front of the class and made him sit by
himself. He was a prime target for bullies, and no teacher ever stood
up for him. When he killed himself, there wasn't anyone, teacher or
student, who asked "why?" We all knew. We all saw what was being done
to him all those years, yet the adults never imagined where it would
lead. *What* they thought they were accomplishing, I don't know, but I
know they didn't think he'd kill himself. He was a prime candidate for
unschooling . his life and death have affected me deeply and he's the
reason I started looking into homeschooling before I even had kids. But
I can't even thank him for the things he taught me, and he can never do
all the great things he was going to do in this world. He was the only
person I've ever known who was truly "talented and gifted". School
should have loved him and he should have flourished there.
Sorcha
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Hannah is not considered an *early* reader, but my unschooling heart just
about burst when she picked up a book last week and (after discussing the
*monkey* picture in an *ape* book) just took off reading. Now she is looking
everywhere for words she recognizes. I didn't wanna push, I wanted the love
of reading to be *her own* and I can see that it truly is :)
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule
of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
--Frederick Douglass
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about burst when she picked up a book last week and (after discussing the
*monkey* picture in an *ape* book) just took off reading. Now she is looking
everywhere for words she recognizes. I didn't wanna push, I wanted the love
of reading to be *her own* and I can see that it truly is :)
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule
of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”
--Frederick Douglass
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zenmomma *
>>his life and death have affected me deeply and he's the reason I startedBut you do honor him and his memory each and every day by taking what you
>>looking into homeschooling before I even had kids. But I can't even thank
>>him for the things he taught me, and he can never do all the great things
>>he was going to do in this world.>>
learned through his sad experiences and making this moment, this life,
better for your own children. I'm sure you've influenced other parents today
by sharing his story too.
Life is good. Pass it on.
~Mary
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-----Original Message-----
From: Have a Nice Day! [mailto:litlrooh@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:57 PM
If anyone is interested in pursuing college level courses and getting
credit, check out Exelsior College in NY. (used to be Regents College)
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Thanks
Carla
-----Original Message-----
From: Have a Nice Day! [mailto:litlrooh@...]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:57 PM
If anyone is interested in pursuing college level courses and getting
credit, check out Exelsior College in NY. (used to be Regents College)
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nellebelle
Have you seen the commercial where the guy ordered one hundred oxen and got
one hundred dachshund instead? Funny!
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- Tim Horton's, it's supposed to be Tim Porton's!" If
one hundred dachshund instead? Funny!
Mary Ellen
----- snip----- Tim Horton's, it's supposed to be Tim Porton's!" If
> you say it out loud you can hear the almost-p sound you make going fromthe
> m to the H.
The Wolfe's
That is my alltime favorite commercial! I keep telling my dd to record it for me. LOL.
~*~Mary Ellen~*~
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From: nellebelle <nellebelle@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Early readers
Have you seen the commercial where the guy ordered one hundred oxen and got
one hundred dachshund instead? Funny!
Mary Ellen
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~*~Mary Ellen~*~
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From: nellebelle <nellebelle@...>
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Date: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Early readers
Have you seen the commercial where the guy ordered one hundred oxen and got
one hundred dachshund instead? Funny!
Mary Ellen
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