What do you ladies like about that book? I have seen it listed on websites, and wondered about it. Is it too late for my 16 yr old to read?

danita

NMY--They both know Roya! What a small world. Summer before last my then 17 year old decided to have a tongue-in-cheek debutante ball and Roya came for it and stayed at our place along with several other unschoolers.
TVC--For us unschooling means it was self-directed. No curriculum and we didn't set up school at home. We did help get them anywhere they needed to go and joined in on being obsessed with particular subjects. We did make transcripts of what they did and the colleges used those. Generally unschoolers tend to spend many more hours on subjects than kids in regular school, but it's because they want to learn those things and we didn't do it in a conventional way. They also took the SATs and did very well which is something colleges want also.
Danita--The book was an eye-opener for helping kids and families think creatively about learning. It was controversial (and I guess still is) because it says you can quit school and get a good education. And it's really talking directly to teens. Some parents didn't like it, but we thought it was wonderful. If it's something you're interested in then it's certainly not too late for a sixteen year old. The camp the author, Grace Llewellyn, started is still going and really created a community of amazing, wonderful unschoolers from all over. My son's girlfriend went to the camp with him and some of their roomates did also. They've stayed connected and have many good friends from going to camp 10 years ago.
I'm not one of those parents sho think everyone should homeschool/unschool. I think, like in everything, different things work for different people. But I'm really happy that we did it that way and so are our kids. And it worked out well for them. Our son worked for a software company in Seattle for a year and a half before deciding to go to college and now he's in his senior year majoring in bio-chemistry and working in genetics. His girlfriend is a marine-biologist and our daughter is an English literature major who's working on her second novel and plans on getting a Master of Library Science.

Dream of the Circle of Women
by Dahti Blanchard
published May 2004 by Spilled Candy Books
visit: www.dahtiblanchard.com

I am going to start a topic under children called home schooling. Okay...so you can all jump in there.

Thanks Dots!

d.

Hi NMY. I can relate to being out of the social loop. I am 46 and my kids are 27 and 25. Most of my friends have small children and I have been there done that. I recently went to a child's birthday party and the oldest was 8. Needless to say I did not bring my children to the party. LOL

Hey there, Jersey Girl,

Okay, so I stole that bit from 'Georgy Girl' but I think it's cute.

I adore NJ, lived there for 15 years, met my present husband and soul mate there and escaped the rat race of living in Manhattan by moving to gorgeous Bergen County. I'd love to know what part of New Jersey you are doing your home schooling in.

Welcome to the Group!

Erica

Dahti, I just read your son's entries in the book! How neat!
You asked how old my son is that I "unschooled". It's actually his birthday today - he's 18!!

Happy Birthday to your son and to you WB! My kids try to remind me that I have my own birthday but I maintain they and I did pretty much all the work at their births so I share the day with them.

Dream of the Circle of Women
by Dahti Blanchard
published May 2004 by Spilled Candy Books
visit: www.dahtiblanchard.com

That's neat, Dahti. I never heard anyone put it that way before.

Dahti,

did you get my PM?

danita