The Burton Bunch

We received a letter in the mail inviting ds to travel and study in Australia and New Zealand in 2004 with other "outstanding middle school students" eligible for People to People, an educational exploration program founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.......recommended for the honor by a teacher, former Student Ambassador or national educational listing organization. Has anyone else received or know of this organization? We also received a call recently from someone wanting us to host a foreign exchange student.....said we were a recommended family by our local school district. My question, I guess, is this just a coincidence......mass mailing.......etc.? We are NOT involved whatsoever with the local school district and haven't been since January 2000. We are not well known in our community as we live in a rural area.....
Any help/info much appreciated!
Jin in Idaho

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Pamela Sorooshiantafti

I get them too - the student-to-student stuff and the exchange student stuff. Not sure how I got on such mailing lists, but I know that lots of places sell their lists. Growing Without Schooling did. La Leche League does. Home Ed Magazine does not. So - once you're on a mailing list somewhere that is being bought and sold - you can get all kinds of stuff.

-pam

Holly Furgason

If you have to register with the state, they could also sell your
info.

Holly

--- In [email protected], Pamela Sorooshiantafti
<pamsoroosh@m...> wrote:
> I get them too - the student-to-student stuff and the exchange
student stuff. Not sure how I got on such mailing lists, but I know
that lots of places sell their lists. Growing Without Schooling did.
La Leche League does. Home Ed Magazine does not. So - once you're on
a mailing list somewhere that is being bought and sold - you can get
all kinds of stuff.
>
> -pam

[email protected]

In a message dated 9/8/03 10:35:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
pamsoroosh@... writes:
I get them too - the student-to-student stuff and the exchange student stuff.
Not sure how I got on such mailing lists, but I know that lots of places sell
their lists. Growing Without Schooling did. La Leche League does. Home Ed
Magazine does not. So - once you're on a mailing list somewhere that is being
bought and sold - you can get all kinds of stuff.

-pam
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We get things like that too. We also get mail from charter schools,
independent schools and such. The letters are mass mailed, I'm sure. The charter and
independent school mail always has a catchy flier and a letter that always
starts out; "Dear Homeschooler, We know you value your children's education. That
is why we feel our school is exactly what you are looking for...." Darin asked
me this summer, after the fifth or so letters like this, if they thought this
was THE one that would lure us back. I said it wouldn't get us back, but it
might get some school-at-home types that are unsure back. The letters promise
you can retain your homeschooling status (falsely) and still use their
innovative program at home, that sounds grand to some folks.

If you live in a state where you have to register, even like Kansas where the
registration is a one time thing, I think the state school board sells their
lists as well. So that maybe another place where places like this get our
names and addresses.

~Nancy

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard


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[email protected]

In a message dated 9/8/03 10:35:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
pamsoroosh@... writes:
I get them too - the student-to-student stuff and the exchange student stuff.
Not sure how I got on such mailing lists, but I know that lots of places sell
their lists. Growing Without Schooling did. La Leche League does. Home Ed
Magazine does not. So - once you're on a mailing list somewhere that is being
bought and sold - you can get all kinds of stuff.

-pam
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

We get things like that too. We also get mail from charter schools,
independent schools and such. The letters are mass mailed, I'm sure. The charter and
independent school mail always has a catchy flier and a letter that always
starts out; "Dear Homeschooler, We know you value your children's education. That
is why we feel our school is exactly what you are looking for...." Darin asked
me this summer, after the fifth or so letters like this, if they thought this
was THE one that would lure us back. I said it wouldn't get us back, but it
might get some school-at-home types that are unsure back. The letters promise
you can retain your homeschooling status (falsely) and still use their
innovative program at home, that sounds grand to some folks.

If you live in a state where you have to register, even like Kansas where the
registration is a one time thing, I think the state school board sells their
lists as well. So that maybe another place where places like this get our
names and addresses.

~Nancy

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
Elbert Hubbard


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