in the meantime

how great is this!:
an unschooled teenager's take on unschool vs school after a year in high school
http://fivefreebirds.blogspot.com/2008/07/unschool-v-school.html

(this version has editing =( but has updates in the comments):
http://fivefreebirds.blogspot.com/2009/02/kevs-essay.html

it really cements my decision to unschool dandan. especially the comment from a reader about having seen the light go out in her son's eyes after a few short years, never to return i imagine. how heartbreaking, and unimaginable that you would do that if you knew there was a better way?

anyway, i'm looking forward to finding an unschooling community down the track, and in the meantime also hopefully finding an unschooling-"school" that we can participate in part-time. i need something to give ME some order and a semblance of routine at least weekly, as being so introverted i'd otherwise get incredibly inward-absorbed, i know i'd just start to neglect him and get snappy with him.

on a side note.. "school" is one of those funny words that change after you see a lot of it, as you read. it becomes less like "skool" in your head and starts to sound more like "shoool"/"schule" or "s-jool" as you keep reading it. or is it just me?