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In reply to the discussion: Let's keep this alive... [View all]

mzteris

(16,232 posts)
28. hmmm
Sun Jan 19, 2014, 02:04 PM
Jan 2014

Thanks to your responder - I never thought about Facebook. Back when I actively hs'd it was Yahoo "groups"...

but a cursory search turned up:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/scsecularhomeschoolers/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/565560290146344/ (Sometimes the SAY they're inclusive, but really aren't, but worth a look)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeschoolingcharlestonstyle/ (These may be the unschoolers of which you speak - though it may not even be Chas, SC. - I used to know the - nothing but "unschooling" type, though we got along well enough. We were an eclectic whatever-the-hell-works "car" schoolers. lol)

There are probably more.

However, one thing I did - living in WAKE FOREST, NC - home of the originator of the fundamentalist movement that destroyed - er - changed the Southern Baptist Church - I put up flyers in the Library and other gathering places saying what type of hs'ers I was looking for. One phone call led to a small group of us that met for about five years before we moved. They continued for another two or so until the kids were all teens. Those kids are still friends even though they're spread around the country.

Oh, one more thing - some of our members were "religious" but they weren't hsing BECAUSE they were religious. They weren't dogmatic, they didn't use religious material, and they were very liberal. We had two Methodists, an Episcopalian, a couple of pagans, an agnostic/atheist, and my son was Buddhist for a while, and an American Indian "spiritualist'. Good group. Sometimes families would visit our group, and decide we were too liberal and move one.

I found words like "secular", "liberal", "tolerant", and inclusive were good words to weed out/in people.

Let's keep this alive... [View all] GoddessOfGuinness May 2011 OP
amen to that! mzteris May 2011 #1
I agree (n/t). Maat May 2011 #2
I was wondering about that lbrtbell May 2011 #3
The group that I'm with may not be all liberal, but GoddessOfGuinness Dec 2011 #4
Someone one DU2 made the same point... onpatrol98 Dec 2011 #5
Exactly... GoddessOfGuinness Dec 2011 #8
I suspect that the alleged "social skills" advantage ... Boojatta Jan 2012 #11
Well said GoddessOfGuinness Jan 2012 #12
Best thing about homeschooling... onpatrol98 Dec 2011 #6
Yes! GoddessOfGuinness Dec 2011 #9
I am a Liberal Homeschooler! miss_hope27 Dec 2011 #7
I'm sorry to hear that... GoddessOfGuinness Dec 2011 #10
I'm a big supporter of this group. NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #13
Thanks, NYC_SKP! GoddessOfGuinness Mar 2012 #14
I had to come and see if this group was still around qanda Mar 2012 #15
It's especially helpful when GoddessOfGuinness Apr 2012 #16
I'm not a homeschooler, nor a homeschooling mom or dad, nor do I even have kids Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2012 #17
I can understand her frustration... GoddessOfGuinness May 2012 #18
Message auto-removed april dreamweaver Mar 2013 #20
we were kids is to stay at home kaanguler Feb 2013 #19
+1 Joel thakkar Apr 2013 #21
K/R and I think it's unlikely that we'll lose this group. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #22
We need to let people know mzteris Jun 2013 #23
Have any of us posted a heads-up in the actual DU Education Forum? NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #24
I don't go there anymore mzteris Jun 2013 #25
Liberal Homeschooler in South Carolina (gasp!) Sdaniel0919 Jan 2014 #26
Good question! TBF Jan 2014 #27
hmmm mzteris Jan 2014 #28
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