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post #41 of 54
1/21/09 at 9:16pm
Not perfect in practice, but that's our ideal here.
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post #42 of 54
1/21/09 at 9:52pm
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Originally Posted by fourlittlebirds View Post
Not perfect in practice, but that's our ideal here.
I like that sentiment.

Merely, we are human seekers; imperfect, diverse. Even in our imperfection, even in our frailties, we strive to dig deeper.

Life is the journey (wherever that takes us), as the questions and answers are infinite.
post #43 of 54
1/22/09 at 11:36pm
I'm here... 9,7, and 4 year olds.
post #44 of 54
1/23/09 at 12:48am
That's as good a label as any so we are RUers. Or CL, which some people think looks the same.
post #45 of 54
1/25/09 at 10:36am
/wave
we are RU's here, and CL'ers.

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post #46 of 54
1/25/09 at 3:18pm
I hesitate to pipe up, because though we are unschoolers and a consensual-living family what we do doesn't really feel particularly radical to me. It just feels like a happy natural groove we're in. Nor do we look particularly radical to people on the outside. My kids happen to be highly academic, introverted, quiet and very focused. Some people we know IRL probably think they spend 4 hours a day in enforced seatwork and are punished if they speak their minds.

But yeah, we fit the definition.

Miranda
post #47 of 54
1/25/09 at 3:56pm
Miranda & Mona ~ could both of you elaborate a bit about CL and RU? I've been very curious how others see the similarities/differences. Is there a difference?
post #48 of 54
1/25/09 at 7:25pm
mama in the forest.... i think i might just go back underground here for a bit. i feel a bit attacked for stating *my* opinion on another thread, and i'm just not used to having to defend every sentense for fear that people will take offense or get defensive. i'm sure you'll get some good responses here though, and if not, i'd suggest starting a new thread?

best wishes
post #49 of 54
1/25/09 at 8:10pm
It's ok Mona. I'm sorry & I understand.

If you change your mind, I bet you'd be safe here in the RU thread.
post #50 of 54
1/25/09 at 8:54pm
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Mona : I'm sorry.
post #51 of 54
1/25/09 at 11:20pm
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Originally Posted by mama in the forest View Post
Miranda & Mona ~ could both of you elaborate a bit about CL and RU? I've been very curious how others see the similarities/differences. Is there a difference?
Well, I live consensually with my 15yo, but she goes to school, so it's hard to call her a unschooler at this point.

We definitely live consensually, but ... my kids look pretty straight-laced, and so people we know in real life, in an area rife with alternative living, don't tend to think of us as radical anything. Out in the real world my kids come across as shy, docile, compliant, bookish and, well, constrained. My youngest who just turned 6 does 2 hours a day of music practicing, reads exceptionally well and does 4th-grade math workbooks for fun. People we know in real life probably assume that this sort of thing is coerced or at least "assertively encouraged," and being the introvert that I am I don't tend to go out of my way to discuss my parenting approach to divest them of their private assumptions.

So CL/RU is just the private, natural way that our family works, and because of that I've not really ever felt the need to adopt the label. Even though it fits.

Miranda
post #52 of 54
1/29/09 at 4:53pm
Hi, I'm new to the boards here but I am just making the decision to unschool our kids. My eldest is four so we are at the beginning of the journey. I initially did not like the idea of homeschooling because the curricula I have investigated looked so intimidating and horribly dry.

But I have been reading Miranda's blog for a long time (we are a Suzuki violin family, that's how I found it, but I got hooked, lol) and I thought that what she does looked like fun! I began thinking about how I could make learning fun for my own kidlets. And it dawned that what is the most fun is what you're interested in (I know, duh?). So I have been thinking and researching and I think unschooling looks like a great idea.

So far most of my homeschool friends think it's a terrible idea, so I must be on the right track, what? One of my friends even wrote on my facebook recently that they did not choose "unschooling" because she wants her kids to be prepared for college.

The more I investigate it, the more excited I am about it. So I guess I'll join the roll call, even though I am a very green noobie!

Also, we're a Christian family and it's the religious folk who are mostly against it. But I see no problem with letting the child's interests drive learning and jiving with our family's values and beliefs. I love the creative aspect, family-integrated-ness, depth and spontaneity of unschooling that I have seen so far.

Erin
http://whistlererin.livejournal.com
post #53 of 54
1/29/09 at 4:59pm
Lurking if that is ok.... :
post #54 of 54
1/31/09 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by Keeta View Post
Is anyone else on the Radical Unschoolers Network?
I am too:
http://familyrun.ning.com/profile/Pia

Haven´t written much but love to lurk and read there....