> This was written from the woman who appeared on the Oprah segment on
> homeschooling.
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> i know this sounds pretty lame, but this is the first time i could write back
> to you...it seems that my phone lines are just FLOODED with calls after my
> star-studded appearance on oprah....not really, but it's surprising how many
> people still DO watch and were surprised to see us all there in living color
> (and a few pounds heavier...see, it's true!). i had no idea until that
> morning when we arrived (via limo) that we were really going to talk on the
> show, as they whisked me into the green room with the family you say and that
> blonde chick that thought she was a homeschooler. they wanted me to talk
> about the transition into college and said that this is a talk show, you
> know, and oprah doesn't know anything about homeschooling, so talk or she'll
> move along. then they almost gave me a script, did all our hair and make-up
> and i felt like i was being used! so, to make a long story short, fear
> gripped as time got closer and i thought i'd faint from hyper-ventilation,
> but when the time came, i thought that if this were my only chance, i'd
> better get in as much as i possibly could (the whole segment was a mere 12
> minutes). so, well, you heard it...i didn't even know it was going to be
> live until we got there, so i couldn't get all the phone calls in, but lots
> of people saw it or taped it at 11. by the way, there was lots more
> conversation during the commercials and i told her that she really needs to
> so a couple shows on the subject...no one was more compassionate about any of
> the other topics that day except ours, and the overwhelming majority of the
> comments were positive. my kids talked to gobs of people from the audience
> afterwords, including lots of young people their ages who have gone throught
> the whole thing themselves!!!! and after, in the green room, i told oprah
> that she REALLY could do another whole show on the subject, to which she
> snuffed, "ha! i got 200 other shows to do!" and she was less than polite
> about even chaking my hand...oh well, just another lost soul....we all were
> less than impressed with her and her whole operation, and for all my trouble,
> i got an oprah mug!!!! time to turn the page in my life.....thanks for your
> vote of confidence, but you know, once i get talking about homeschooling,
> it's hard to shut up, and then they want to condense it into a few short
> minutes??????? karen
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