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Timing couldn't have been better on this post!
A friend of mine called this morning and asked about HS. I told her I am so
glad she asked. That sometimes I feel like I am talking about this so much
that I scare her away.
I explained that what we do may or may not be where she starts but to really
think about what her goals are and where her expectations are.
She told me a story about how they got their 11 yr. old son up at 5:30 in the
am to finish a project that he had 3 months to do. They nagged him and
brought him to tears. I asked what her concern about the project was and she
said she was worried about grades and how he would look if he didn't finish
it. But realized after how much pressure and stress they put on him and how
much all that was affecting their family. <sign> I told her I think it is
absolutely unnecessary to spend three months on Thomas Edison (sp?) and that
because her son wanted no part of doing this report that he was never going
to remember any thing of what he learned later in life but just that stupid
report that I got yelled at over.
Two years of hinting here and there I think she is finally seeing the light.
I am so happy for her I could run over there and hug her! I think I will.....
I know this is just the beginning of her journey and there will be a lot of
bumps but I am so thrilled she is finally seeing that there is another way.
Laura D
In a message dated 4/30/2003 2:06:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LOWRIEK@... writes:
A friend of mine called this morning and asked about HS. I told her I am so
glad she asked. That sometimes I feel like I am talking about this so much
that I scare her away.
I explained that what we do may or may not be where she starts but to really
think about what her goals are and where her expectations are.
She told me a story about how they got their 11 yr. old son up at 5:30 in the
am to finish a project that he had 3 months to do. They nagged him and
brought him to tears. I asked what her concern about the project was and she
said she was worried about grades and how he would look if he didn't finish
it. But realized after how much pressure and stress they put on him and how
much all that was affecting their family. <sign> I told her I think it is
absolutely unnecessary to spend three months on Thomas Edison (sp?) and that
because her son wanted no part of doing this report that he was never going
to remember any thing of what he learned later in life but just that stupid
report that I got yelled at over.
Two years of hinting here and there I think she is finally seeing the light.
I am so happy for her I could run over there and hug her! I think I will.....
I know this is just the beginning of her journey and there will be a lot of
bumps but I am so thrilled she is finally seeing that there is another way.
Laura D
In a message dated 4/30/2003 2:06:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
LOWRIEK@... writes:
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >The best way in the world to unschool, that I have seen, is to live your
> >life
> >beside your children and to support them in living their own
>
> Kathryn, that was a great post, and I forwarded that to some friends that
> are
> questioning unschooling possibilities. I have them reading at
> unschooling.com
> and Sandra's articles, but that was great!
> Nancy ,in BC