Once someone threw a rant, on Unschooling Discussion (another group that was on yahoo) and said that unschooling was hedonism gone berserk.
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Part of Joyce's response:
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You've created an image that will be hard for us to replace by what really
happens in our lives. And because you've created such a repulsive image
you're not going to want to look closer at what we do which makes trying to
get you to see what really is going on even harder.
It takes 1000s of words to explain away a false impression. It may take 10s
of 1000s of words -- in fact it may never happen -- if someone is determined
to hold onto that false impression.
It takes far far fewer words if someone is open and willing to listen and
learn why and how others believe what they believe.
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There was more, by Joyce, and all logical and analytical.? Joyce's whole unschooling/parenting site is logical and analytical.??
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To that same rant, some of one of my responses:
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You really don't know what you're talking about.
You're spewing embarrassing meanness for no advantage.
It doesn't change what we believe or are doing, and it doesn't make you a
better person nor does it make you seem intelligent.
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I like to think that lots of people have benefited from bouncing between my "What!?" and Joyce's "Surely..." over the years. :-)
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I came across those things looking for a current and workable link to go with a page (not a new page, but all the links to yahoogroups need to be changed, as I come to them).? Because on my unschooling/parenting/wheelbarrow/recipe/whatever site, I saved the whole thing about someone accusing us of being hedonists. :-)? And now it has a link that works.
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd