Jeff & Kate Kerr

****Drat! I need to move to some alternate reality where parking is not

going to be on the "test". With my limited parking skills I'm doomed to

be unappreciated in my time. <g>

Betsy****

Ok, ok, I'll do the parking. I lived and drove in San Francisco for
years without even so much as one accident. Parking spaces were (and
are) hard to come by, but I always managed to find one and parallel park
just beautifully, thank you.

Just let me know where and when, I'll bring my drivers license and
handle the valet stuff.

Kate in CA
who just lost a friendship today : (

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In a message dated 5/18/03 8:05:55 PM, windystreet@... writes:

<< Just let me know where and when, I'll bring my drivers license and
handle the valet stuff.

<<Kate in CA
who just lost a friendship today : ( >>

Because you could park better?

I can parallel park too. Sometimes others expect you to ALWAYS do it
perfectly, or sometime they just get resentful that you can and they can't.

I hope you didn't lose the friendship about unschooling. That's my
suspicion. I wonder if we should start warning potential unschoolers that
they might lose some friends over giving their kids so much freedom.

And if you didn't lose your friendship over parking OR unschooling, sorry for
guessing wrong.

Sandra

Deborah Lewis

***I can parallel park too. Sometimes others expect you to ALWAYS do it
perfectly, or sometime they just get resentful that you can and they
can't.***

Oh, I failed my drivers test three times because I couldn't parallel park
the LTD I bought for a hundred dollars.
I think they only passed me the fourth time to be rid of me.

Sometimes I park. I get this wild feeling I can do anything and I park.
It makes me feel good about myself.
It's sad really.

*** I wonder if we should start warning potential unschoolers that
they might lose some friends over giving their kids so much freedom. ***

Ah, I lost one. A woman I'd known since I was ten. A mom. I miss her
every day. I loved her. But I wouldn't trade my sons happiness and
freedom to get her love back.

Caution: may cause relationship irritation. Flush with Merlot and call
for help immediately...

Deb L

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In a message dated 5/19/03 12:13:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
SandraDodd@... writes:

> I hope you didn't lose the friendship about unschooling. That's my
> suspicion. I wonder if we should start warning potential unschoolers that
> they might lose some friends over giving their kids so much freedom.
>
>

I haven't lost any friends outright. But watching how people treat children
has made me not associate with some people as much. A year or so ago I was
feeling quite alone. Like I was the only one that could see children as
people with feelings and ideas all their own. I felt that, other than
Jackson, I had no one that I could talk to about my boys. The people around
here seem very much the "children should be seen and not heard", "don't speak
unless you are spoken to" kind. That was what was so helpful about the
conference last year.

I found that I was not alone. Of course that led to this and a couple of
other E groups. From the groups I have met a couple of other unschoolers.
Although in this area they are a rare breed.

Anyway enough rambling,
Pam G.


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In a message dated 5/19/2003 12:50:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
genant2@... writes:


> That was what was so helpful about the
> conference last year.
> <snip>
> Anyway enough rambling,

Ramble on & on & on! Beats my doing it! <G>

~Kelly


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