helping friend's kids
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Hi,
I wanted to write about a good friend of mine and her kids. The kids are 3
girls age 7, 12 and 16 and all attend public school. The older girls get
near-to-failing grades and their parents ground them, etc...because of the grades.
These girls seem to be very creative and have many interests and don't care
about school. The youngest is very popular, good grades and fits into the
school life very well. I have heard my friend mention to others that school
requires kids to fit into a certain mold and her oldest two just don't fit into it
well. Yes, my friend knows we homeschool and she has no interst in trying it.
Anyway, the middle daughter came up to me at a recent picnic and began
telling me about how much she loves to write stories and poetry. She showed me a
poem she wrote that had been published in her school's journal and spoke very
passionately about her writing. I mentioned magazines that are made up of kids'
submissions and she was so excited. I just feel so bad for her because I just
picture how she could flourish as a homeschooler. I got her a kid's book on
writing poetry and I'm giving her a few back issues of Stone Soup and Creative
Kids magazines to help encourage her. (My friend is fine with it.)
Not really looking for any advice here, but I've been thinking about her a
lot.
Amy Kagey
Email me for a list
of used homeschooling books!
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I wanted to write about a good friend of mine and her kids. The kids are 3
girls age 7, 12 and 16 and all attend public school. The older girls get
near-to-failing grades and their parents ground them, etc...because of the grades.
These girls seem to be very creative and have many interests and don't care
about school. The youngest is very popular, good grades and fits into the
school life very well. I have heard my friend mention to others that school
requires kids to fit into a certain mold and her oldest two just don't fit into it
well. Yes, my friend knows we homeschool and she has no interst in trying it.
Anyway, the middle daughter came up to me at a recent picnic and began
telling me about how much she loves to write stories and poetry. She showed me a
poem she wrote that had been published in her school's journal and spoke very
passionately about her writing. I mentioned magazines that are made up of kids'
submissions and she was so excited. I just feel so bad for her because I just
picture how she could flourish as a homeschooler. I got her a kid's book on
writing poetry and I'm giving her a few back issues of Stone Soup and Creative
Kids magazines to help encourage her. (My friend is fine with it.)
Not really looking for any advice here, but I've been thinking about her a
lot.
Amy Kagey
Email me for a list
of used homeschooling books!
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In a message dated 7/6/03 10:51:01 AM, amycats2@... writes:
<< I got her a kid's book on
writing poetry and I'm giving her a few back issues of Stone Soup and
Creative
Kids magazines to help encourage her. (My friend is fine with it.) >>
That's cool, Amy.
Would a copy of the Teenage Liberation Handbook only make her unhappy? Maybe
you could channel little bits of those ideas to her gradually. She can learn
in spite of school.
I had lots of adults interested in me when I was a kid, and so when I say I
had fun in school, some of it must be in some large part because I had
off-sides friendships with a lot of teachers and with other kids' parents.
Sandra
<< I got her a kid's book on
writing poetry and I'm giving her a few back issues of Stone Soup and
Creative
Kids magazines to help encourage her. (My friend is fine with it.) >>
That's cool, Amy.
Would a copy of the Teenage Liberation Handbook only make her unhappy? Maybe
you could channel little bits of those ideas to her gradually. She can learn
in spite of school.
I had lots of adults interested in me when I was a kid, and so when I say I
had fun in school, some of it must be in some large part because I had
off-sides friendships with a lot of teachers and with other kids' parents.
Sandra
Fetteroll
on 7/6/03 12:56 PM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:
unschooling for kids who are stuck in school.
So maybe both. The Lib book for what's ideal and the Guerilla book for
compromise.
Joyce
> Would a copy of the Teenage Liberation Handbook only make her unhappy? MaybeEven better might be her Guerilla Learning book. From what I hear it's
> you could channel little bits of those ideas to her gradually. She can learn
> in spite of school.
unschooling for kids who are stuck in school.
So maybe both. The Lib book for what's ideal and the Guerilla book for
compromise.
Joyce