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From: "Carol Hughes" <
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Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Discuss-sudbury-model] intro
> Hi Sue,
> I homeschooled my two boys until they were eight and ten. Then it became
> clear to me that I was going to be a chauffer all over the place and that
> their world was demanding more more more. While in theory I know that I
> could have done that, I realized that maybe I wanted some help with the job
> of raising my children to be responsible, aware, conscious beings. Oh yeah,
> and maybe I would like to have a life too. Add to that, that I was being
> harassed endlessly by the local school superintedent to test my boys,
> provide curriculum and generally assure him that I was teaching my children
> the same way as in the public schools (which is incredibly ironic to me, why
> in heaven's name would I want to do that?). He even sent me a letter
> threatening me with the care and protection act if I didn't test them with
> someone who had their Phd. (mind you he never set eyes on my boys) Having
> heard about SVS, we went for a visit and within minutes my boys were running
> around the campus with great joy and excitement. I started the
> Massachusetts Home School Association newsletter a jillion years ago. My
> oldest son was on the evening news once. Homeschooling used to be news. It
> still is occasionally considered "news". It was so wonderful to me when the
> boys started SVS, that there was exactly zero adjustment. I found, as you
> say, that SVS was close to what we were doing already. But now there were
> all these relationships they had the opportunity to manifest on their own.
> The staff and the students were a wealth of education. And after all, isn't
> that how we learn all our lives, from each other? I also have a daughter
> who is in her last year there who was four when she started. I am an
> unabashed fan of SVS and currently a trustee and sending our kids to SVS has
> turned out fabulously. Ask anything you like.
> Regards,
> Carol Hughes
>
> Hello
> >
> > I am a homeschooling mother of three, who came upon the Sudbury website by
> > way of John Gatto's writings. I'm rethinking/revamping how we educate our
> > kids at this point. The Sudbury/unschooling concept is pretty close to how
> > we do things already, so it has struck a chord with me, clicking around at
> > the website and reading up on it.
> >
> > Anyway. Hoping to gain more understanding and with it, a trust in my
> > kids...I'll follow with a few questions I have.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Sue
> >
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