moonwindstarsky

Hi, I'm a 17 yrs young student at a public high school. It's been
boring me out of my mind most of the day and I feel I'm not learning
anything relevant to what I want to do. I've introduced my parents
to unschooling, maybe not in the best manner - but I tried. It turns
out they don't trust me to learn on my own, making me doubt my own
abilities. I really would love to start but have no idea where to
start.

Elizabeth Roberts

Find a copy of Grace Llewellyn's "Teenage Liberation Handbook." There's alot of advice there, as well as online at http://www.unschooling.com in the message boards

MamaBeth

moonwindstarsky <moonwindstarsky@...> wrote:
Hi, I'm a 17 yrs young student at a public high school. It's been
boring me out of my mind most of the day and I feel I'm not learning
anything relevant to what I want to do. I've introduced my parents
to unschooling, maybe not in the best manner - but I tried. It turns
out they don't trust me to learn on my own, making me doubt my own
abilities. I really would love to start but have no idea where to
start.





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In a message dated 1/9/04 4:28:38 PM, moonwindstarsky@... writes:

<< I really would love to start but have no idea where to

start.

>>

I feel like a poot, but if you're a senior in high school, I think at this
point you should just finish it out.

But also find a copy of The Teenage Liberation Handbook, and read online
whatever you find that looks good with google.com looking up auto-didactic,
because I think that's the direction you want to head.

If you keep reading about unschooling you'll keep hearing moms talk about
their little kids, but if you look up "auto-didactic" you'll find lots of young
adults who can give you ideas.

Sandra

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In a message dated 1/9/2004 5:28:37 PM Central Standard Time,
moonwindstarsky@... writes:


> It turns
> out they don't trust me to learn on my own, making me doubt my own
> abilities.

Please, no matter what you decide to do as far as schooling do not doubt your
own abilities. I lived that way for far too long and it's a waste of time.
Ability to me relates to having courage to be who you are, please do try to be
all of who you are! It takes courage to trust that we can do that which we
think we can especially when what we want to do scares others. Those of us who
march to a different drummer can scare a lot of people who will in turn do all
they can to get us back in the band...don't go!
Laura Buoni


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pam sorooshian

If by chance you are in California, you could leave high school and
just go straight to a community college. The semester is JUST starting.
That's an option that several high school kids I know have used,
including my nephew - to get themselves out of spending any further
time absolutely miserable in high school. This may be possible in some
other states, as well, but not everywhere.

-pam
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