Live-in unschooling mentor
Blake Boles
Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting to the group. I'm in my 4th year at UC
Berkeley and I've been wondering what I'll do when I get out. I'm
totally interested in alternative approaches to education - Sudbury
schools and unschooling, especially - so much so that I'm facilitating a
student-led class entitled "Never Taught to Learn" this semester. Also,
I love working with kids - I was an instructor at camp this summer which
confirmed that fact - and it's hard to imagine pursuing any other line
of work. So, I got the idea a few days ago that a cool thing to do
after college would be to live with an unschooling family and act as a
mentor-brother. My responsibilities would be to act as a role-model and
friend, primarily; beyond that I could take kids on neat trips like
museums or the zoo or out to town, I could play with them for hours on
end, I could help them find resources they need for whatever they are
pursuing, and on the whole become a part of the family. It seems like
there could be a need for such a person since often both parents (or the
single parent) are away at work all day.
Does anyone know if live-in unschooling mentors exist, and if so, how
successful they are? Is anyone looking for such a person? How could I
find such a family? Let me know-
Blake Boles
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This is my first time posting to the group. I'm in my 4th year at UC
Berkeley and I've been wondering what I'll do when I get out. I'm
totally interested in alternative approaches to education - Sudbury
schools and unschooling, especially - so much so that I'm facilitating a
student-led class entitled "Never Taught to Learn" this semester. Also,
I love working with kids - I was an instructor at camp this summer which
confirmed that fact - and it's hard to imagine pursuing any other line
of work. So, I got the idea a few days ago that a cool thing to do
after college would be to live with an unschooling family and act as a
mentor-brother. My responsibilities would be to act as a role-model and
friend, primarily; beyond that I could take kids on neat trips like
museums or the zoo or out to town, I could play with them for hours on
end, I could help them find resources they need for whatever they are
pursuing, and on the whole become a part of the family. It seems like
there could be a need for such a person since often both parents (or the
single parent) are away at work all day.
Does anyone know if live-in unschooling mentors exist, and if so, how
successful they are? Is anyone looking for such a person? How could I
find such a family? Let me know-
Blake Boles
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crystal.pina
Blake, I know an unschooler in Texas who is looking for someone exactly like you to live in as a nanny while she works. If you know anyone in Texas who would like to do what you proposed, email me.
Crystal
Crystal
----- Original Message -----
From: Blake Boles
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 11:25 AM
Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Live-in unschooling mentor
Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting to the group. I'm in my 4th year at UC
Berkeley and I've been wondering what I'll do when I get out. I'm
totally interested in alternative approaches to education - Sudbury
schools and unschooling, especially - so much so that I'm facilitating a
student-led class entitled "Never Taught to Learn" this semester. Also,
I love working with kids - I was an instructor at camp this summer which
confirmed that fact - and it's hard to imagine pursuing any other line
of work. So, I got the idea a few days ago that a cool thing to do
after college would be to live with an unschooling family and act as a
mentor-brother. My responsibilities would be to act as a role-model and
friend, primarily; beyond that I could take kids on neat trips like
museums or the zoo or out to town, I could play with them for hours on
end, I could help them find resources they need for whatever they are
pursuing, and on the whole become a part of the family. It seems like
there could be a need for such a person since often both parents (or the
single parent) are away at work all day.
Does anyone know if live-in unschooling mentors exist, and if so, how
successful they are? Is anyone looking for such a person? How could I
find such a family? Let me know-
Blake Boles
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psoroosh
Blake, please don't take offense and we'll chalk this up to you being young and not
having children of your own and so not realizing the kinds of things parents often
must be concerned about, but, as one of the list owners, I feel the need to mention
that caution should be foremost in parents' minds when somebody indicates a desire
to enter your home and get close to and care for your children. This is an email list
where anybody can say anything they want and pretend to be anybody and anything.
I probably didn't need to say anything, but we tend to be a trusting bunch and "I met
him on the unschooling list" might sound like a recommendation if you passed this
along to another homeschooler, for example.
So - just a little reminder to take reasonable care.
-Pam Sorooshian
having children of your own and so not realizing the kinds of things parents often
must be concerned about, but, as one of the list owners, I feel the need to mention
that caution should be foremost in parents' minds when somebody indicates a desire
to enter your home and get close to and care for your children. This is an email list
where anybody can say anything they want and pretend to be anybody and anything.
I probably didn't need to say anything, but we tend to be a trusting bunch and "I met
him on the unschooling list" might sound like a recommendation if you passed this
along to another homeschooler, for example.
So - just a little reminder to take reasonable care.
-Pam Sorooshian
--- In [email protected], "Blake Boles" <blake@c...> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This is my first time posting to the group. I'm in my 4th year at UC
> Berkeley and I've been wondering what I'll do when I get out. I'm
> totally interested in alternative approaches to education - Sudbury
> schools and unschooling, especially - so much so that I'm facilitating a
> student-led class entitled "Never Taught to Learn" this semester. Also,
> I love working with kids - I was an instructor at camp this summer which
> confirmed that fact - and it's hard to imagine pursuing any other line
> of work. So, I got the idea a few days ago that a cool thing to do
> after college would be to live with an unschooling family and act as a
> mentor-brother. My responsibilities would be to act as a role-model and
> friend, primarily; beyond that I could take kids on neat trips like
> museums or the zoo or out to town, I could play with them for hours on
> end, I could help them find resources they need for whatever they are
> pursuing, and on the whole become a part of the family. It seems like
> there could be a need for such a person since often both parents (or the
> single parent) are away at work all day.
>
> Does anyone know if live-in unschooling mentors exist, and if so, how
> successful they are? Is anyone looking for such a person? How could I
> find such a family? Let me know-
>
> Blake Boles
>
>
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