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thinking of a deeper letting go of "school"
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ruth Suyamin Jan 16, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
since we have been following a curriculum for 5 yrs with very little enthusiasm and my 10 yr old never wants to join me for school work,ive vowed ok we will learn this stuff togther or overall a more…Continue
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shelan posted a status"how can the government have such power,its near like olden days where kids were taken from families to "learn"."
shelan posted a status"What's on your mind today?now unschooling 4 years and cant belive that some places wont allow personal freedom to keep ou rkids out of schoo"
Ruth Suyamin replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""I have only been with Self Design for a couple of months and have so far been happy. The key is getting an unschooling friendly LC....basically I have said that if I feel pressured to do something we wouldnt already be doing I would go back to…"
shelan replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""hi thank you for replying!it means a lot,my hubby and I appreciate the input and are inspired by the discussions on here~
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Meredith replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""alot of time it seems im just helping figure out what to write and in the shortest possible way so we can get threw the school work we need to get mailed off
Well, yes, that's what the majority of imposed education comes down to - finding the…"
shelan replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""Thanks I will look into it,I am feeling the funding threw distance learning is good about 1000 for PE type activty lessons however its the entire structure of any curriculm that seems to just be our issue,im really considering finshing grade 5 with…"
Alison MacNamara replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""Have you looked into Self Design? http://www.selfdesign.org/sdlc.html
I'm in BC, too. My kids are still in public school for now, but other moms have said good things about their program. One said she'd been able to combine the government…"
shelan replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""HI thanks for the reply,you are right,and i see it happening naturally with my kids.I get from people well,if you dont follow a curriculm then wont younger kids //friends surpass your kid in math,its crazy to say but i do have a part of me that is…"
JennyStar replied to shelan's discussion thinking of a deeper letting go of "school""Talk to others in your area to see how they satisfy legalities and unschool. Other than that, read some here:
http://sandradodd.com/math/
and here (there are a few math pages on this site linked on the left hand column down a bit on the…"
shelan posted a discussionthinking of a deeper letting go of "school"
since we have been following a curriculum for 5 yrs with very little enthusiasm and my 10 yr old never wants to join me for school work,ive vowed ok we will learn this stuff togther or overall a more "fun" way of going about doing the curriculum,but its weird some how it seems like something we avoid,and in my heart i just want my kids to be free and enjoy thiier childhoods..so we do somehow get the work done but i wonder,what has she absorbed,alot of time it seems im just helping figure out…See More
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