04-18-2011, 11:12 PM
This is why I homeschool - I am on the same train as Monica. Horrible elementary school experiences. High school - I was popular but got along with all the "cliques"...stoners, geeks, jocks, rednecks, etc. I couldn't stand to put anybody down. And even being "popular" was a constant fight for being loved and accepted - one wrong move and you were down for the count.
I teach my remaining two children the 'basics'...read, write, math....and the rest is "unschool". I don't remember a dang thing I learned in school except the basics. My twelves years of hell were a total waste of time, except that perhaps I was "refined" through the fires of hell, as they say. ;o) I don't want to teach my children to get along in the world, I want to teach them to help CHANGE the world. My kids ask questions like "When are we going to space?" and I tell them SOON!! I don't quell their passions or make them think they have limited possibilities. I teach them about past lives, UFO's, E.T.'s and anything that seems "strange" to the outside world. I have had to hide out almost - thankfully the state I live in now doesn't require me to "report" that I am homeschooling, nor does it ask that I report what I'm teaching. If they found out I was "unschooling" I'd probably get in trouble. I can't stand the fact that government thinks they own my children. It reminds me of the Pink Floyd song called "Just Another Brick in the Wall". My kids will NOT be another brick in this society. They will be what holds the building together. ♥
I teach my remaining two children the 'basics'...read, write, math....and the rest is "unschool". I don't remember a dang thing I learned in school except the basics. My twelves years of hell were a total waste of time, except that perhaps I was "refined" through the fires of hell, as they say. ;o) I don't want to teach my children to get along in the world, I want to teach them to help CHANGE the world. My kids ask questions like "When are we going to space?" and I tell them SOON!! I don't quell their passions or make them think they have limited possibilities. I teach them about past lives, UFO's, E.T.'s and anything that seems "strange" to the outside world. I have had to hide out almost - thankfully the state I live in now doesn't require me to "report" that I am homeschooling, nor does it ask that I report what I'm teaching. If they found out I was "unschooling" I'd probably get in trouble. I can't stand the fact that government thinks they own my children. It reminds me of the Pink Floyd song called "Just Another Brick in the Wall". My kids will NOT be another brick in this society. They will be what holds the building together. ♥
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