tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post5854349754292956205..comments2023-06-07T05:36:30.935-07:00Comments on See www.nurturedbylove.ca for the active version of this blog: Field trip to high schoolmoominmammahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-67025254661148670972008-06-15T18:54:00.000-07:002008-06-15T18:54:00.000-07:00That sounds very interesting!That sounds very interesting!Jacquelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268284552273860414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-11172302907714843382008-06-15T16:01:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:01:00.000-07:00good for you for being open minded about letting h...good for you for being open minded about letting her explore different choices. My oldest 2 boys never went to school at all. One (he's 22 now) has taken continuing ed classes at the art college but has no formal education apart from that. The second went to paramedic school and is now in university and planning on medical school. My younger 2 boys have both chosen to enter the school system at the high school level. We are 2 years into that experiment after being unschoolers previously through the younger years and grades. <BR/> I am still unschooling my 11 year daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-64431831232703136872008-06-11T11:24:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:24:00.000-07:00I think this is a wonderful example of self-direct...I think this is a wonderful example of self-directed learning in an older student. It's so neat to see how your kids are working their way toward their goals, and it gives a really nice model for those of us whose kids are still young.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-89602108957144915002008-06-11T10:37:00.000-07:002008-06-11T10:37:00.000-07:00Gotcha. I've just been reading about Sudbury Valle...Gotcha. I've just been reading about Sudbury Valley type schools - sounds like it would great for your daughter if there were one nearby. Alas, there isn't one here, either - I think the closest is North Van. :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02322251975208147077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-19825558630957296052008-06-11T01:06:00.000-07:002008-06-11T01:06:00.000-07:00Debbie, I don't have the same "end of an era" feel...Debbie, I don't have the same "end of an era" feeling I guess because Erin's looking at taking <I>maybe</I> two or three courses, way less than a full load of 8, and taking Tuesdays off for Nelson and every fourth end-of-week off for Calgary, and two complete months for the trip to SE Asia. All that adds up to her being about a quarter-time school student and three-quarters an out-and-out unschooler. It feels like a small shift rather than the beginning of a new era in her education. It may be the first of several accumulating shifts, but somehow it doesn't seem that way. Time will tell...moominmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-3276770207047307282008-06-11T00:58:00.000-07:002008-06-11T00:58:00.000-07:00KEM, the virtual schools are a great option for so...KEM, the virtual schools are a great option for some kids, but definitely not what Erin's looking for. DL courses appeal to kids who want a course-like structure without the school. Erin wants the opposite, a school-like place with a minimum of course-like structure. In her ideal world she'd have a school where she could go an do the things she already does on her own terms -- violin, piano, choir, music harmony, novel-writing, self-directed exploration of things like psychology and environmental science -- no courses. But in order to access such a place she has to choose coursework, and it's a hoop she's willing to jump through.moominmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561834420653149624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-86031553817933248582008-06-11T00:16:00.000-07:002008-06-11T00:16:00.000-07:00Not sure if this would be of interest to any of yo...Not sure if this would be of interest to any of you, but my husband works for a BC Ministry of Ed non-profit called the Virtual Schools Society. Their website is http://www.learnnowbc.gov.bc.ca/<BR/><BR/>I haven't used it myself, but it sounds pretty neat from what my husband describes. It's free to everyone in BC and offers a HUGE range of classes for anyone at any level!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02322251975208147077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314881.post-5259777116457487092008-06-10T19:07:00.000-07:002008-06-10T19:07:00.000-07:00it seems like so long ago when I pulled Emily out ...it seems like so long ago when I pulled Emily out of school and found the hs community at TP, including you, I think Em was 5 and Erinn was 7, and now both you and I have high school happening in the near future. Oy how time goes by. I will be curious to hear how it all comes about at your end. Your situation sounds ideal though. Wish something similar could be done here, and I am sure it could be but it seems Em wants the "real deal" so that's how we'll start out. So to me, even though it's a year and a bit away, it is feeling like the "end of an era". I know of 2 homeschooling families in town whose kids are going into the system next year, and to read about kids who I have watched grow up online (like Erin and a couple of others) jumping in too just adds to that end of an era feeling. I'm sad really, yet I know these kids who have been home for so long know themselves well enough to make their own decisions and to make the decisions that are right for them. Best of luck to Erin!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235522494694453424noreply@blogger.com