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Social life, high school & college

One of the pervasive myths in our society is that high school is the pinnacle of social fun, surpassed only, of course, by college.    I hate it when people talk about the “good old days” when they were 17 … Continue reading

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Our community of unschoolers

As an unschooling parent it’s easy to feel like you are all on your own.  Even though there is a large homeschooling community in NYC, the unschoolers among us are scattered, and I don’t see any of them on a … Continue reading

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Looking ahead

Most of the families we know in New York City whose children learn outside of school are homeschooling, not unschooling.  (Unschoolers still make up only about 10% of all the homeschoolers in the country, give or take.)    And most … Continue reading

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The excitement builds

We leave for the Bahamas tomorrow.  As if that wasn’t reason enough to be excited, Maya’s best friend Greta is going with us.   This is made even more unique by the fact that Greta is not a homeschooler, and … Continue reading

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High school Chemistry – 26 years later

This is my high school Chemistry notebook from my Senior year.  My Mom found it somewhere and had it out when we arrived in Indiana on Monday evening.   I have been looking through it, alternately shaking my head and … Continue reading

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