Comments for Reflections on the Unschooling Life http://marygriffith.net Mary Griffith on unschooling, homeschooling, and lifelong learning Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Why I Will Not Sign the “We Stand for Homeschooling Statement and Resolution” by Umbrella Schools Homeschools – A2Z Homeschooling | Homeschooling A to Z http://marygriffith.net/rants-essays/why-i-will-not-sign-the-we-stand-for-homeschooling-statement-and-resolution/#comment-124 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:15 +0000 http://griffithunschooling.wordpress.com/?page_id=111#comment-124 [...] Why I Will Not Sign the “We Stand for Homeschooling Statement and Resolution” So why not sign this “We Stand for Homeschooling” statement? If I see government- or corporate-sponsored programs as close to worthless, what’s the problem? by Mary Griffith [...]

]]> Comment on Why I Will Not Sign the “We Stand for Homeschooling Statement and Resolution” by Homeschooling Controversy – A2Z Homeschool | Homeschooling A to Z http://marygriffith.net/rants-essays/why-i-will-not-sign-the-we-stand-for-homeschooling-statement-and-resolution/#comment-114 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:42:48 +0000 http://griffithunschooling.wordpress.com/?page_id=111#comment-114 [...] Why I Will Not Sign the “We Stand for Homeschooling Statement and Resolution” My first objection is that, to be perfectly truthful, I’ve never been a homeschooling parent myself, and my children have never been homeschoolers. You see, I live in California. According to the California Education Code, there are no such people as homeschoolers. Mary Griffith, Unschooler and Author. [...]

]]> Comment on We’re Insidious by Carma http://marygriffith.net/2011/09/14/were-insidious/#comment-75 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:52:59 +0000 http://marygriffith.net/?p=217#comment-75 When my nephew wanted to learn drums, his teacher put him on a single snare and taught him one rhythm, then another. Listening to him practice was excruciatingly boring. My nephew isn’t playing “drums” any more. When my son wanted to learn drums I got a recommendation from someone in my homeschool group and totally lucked out! The teacher said, “Tell him to bring in an iPod with some favorite tunes on it.” He sat my 9yo son down in front of a full drum kit, turned on his music, and showed him how to play ALL the drums (and cymbals!) along with the song. Within a month he could play more than his cousin had ever learned! Within two months he was playing cool (if simple) drum riffs. Now eight months later, he is still going strong and doing complicated things with all four limbs at the same time that I couldn’t even do in my dreams.

]]> Comment on The Conference Rant by Cindy Englan Wentz http://marygriffith.net/rants-essays/the-conference-rant/#comment-74 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:00:06 +0000 http://griffithunschooling.wordpress.com/?page_id=129#comment-74 Hi stranger! Not sure, precisely, what date you penned this, but I can tell you what date it was published on mailing lists across the world: May, 2000. You sent it to me to post on my website when it looked like the Homeschooling for Everyone 2000 conference in Colorado was going to fail due to lack of registrants. And fail it did.

In fact, the Wayback Machine captured your rant on August 15, 2000.

- Cindy

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