I don't know what it is but for some reason I am looking for a title for what I am trying to achieve in our home education. So how do you find a title? Well you Google of course! just press in things like this, "Christian homeschooler who still likes some curriculum"......wow! that will take you off to never never land. Try again, "Christian Unschooler".......got a few more there but still not the title I am looking for! Next attempt, "An education where God leads the way but in a very casual atmosphere".......blank! O.K this isn't working.........does anyone have any phrases suitable for Googling that will help me come up with a title?
All jokes apart, (what, that was meant to be funny?) Why is it that I need to find a title? What if I am the only human being on Earth that follows my kind of education? Does that make me a Guru? Maybe I am a leader and not a follower (nah.........you've been a follower for 44 years!) Maybe I should make up my own title?
So far I have come up with this: "Eclectic, unschooling christian, God Led, Delight Directed with a Charlotte Mason slant, somewhat crazy mother of nine children still wondering what on earth she is doing"
All jokes apart, (what, that was meant to be funny?) Why is it that I need to find a title? What if I am the only human being on Earth that follows my kind of education? Does that make me a Guru? Maybe I am a leader and not a follower (nah.........you've been a follower for 44 years!) Maybe I should make up my own title?
So far I have come up with this: "Eclectic, unschooling christian, God Led, Delight Directed with a Charlotte Mason slant, somewhat crazy mother of nine children still wondering what on earth she is doing"
June 23, 2009 at 8:17 PM
hahahahahaha, I've given up, completely. Truly I have. Nothing fits. It fits for a time...but then it changes.
My 'label' was: "Aussie homeschooling mum who delights in learning at home with her children...Cross-centric, eclectic, thematic, literature-loving, natural learners, trying to cultivate good study habits while pursuing our interests in a Spirit-led way."
But there's so much more to it than that! I've settled, at the present time, for:
"A slightly insane woman who is simply trying to survive the last few years homeschooling her teens."
They fit me for awhile...but don't define me. So I've given up. A label simply doesn't exist- other than a "lifestyle of learning".
Good luck!
June 23, 2009 at 9:13 PM
On my walk this morning I had a brainwave..........I should write a book! Telling others of this wonderful new invention , a Homeschooling method I have discovered! Just looking for a title! :-)
June 23, 2009 at 11:39 PM
Yep! That about sums it up!
Oh and great on the exercise and running. I've had the panic attack and it's scary but due to other conditions have also suffered a heart attack so DEFINATELY keep up the good work!!