1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/torch-d January 2002
1 872 3_Re:0_18_SerenityHS@aol.com29_Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:57:28 EST569_US-ASCII Rena,<br>Well, that surely relieved my mind. Between my not feeling well, the husband<br>stuff and constantly working til the end of next week, there have been no<br>academics here either. I am homeschooling three as well. My oldest (17) is in<br>school and there are LOTS of reports. Its amazing that in 12th grade they<br>still need so much help. She has Jewish Heritage due soon and couldn't think<br>of anything to write on the topics, so it became my idea and my thoughts.<br>Fianlly she is building on that.<br>My 16 year old son ( well 16 tomorrow [...]28_14e.68c22d2.2961d6d8@aol.com
874 1144 15_Re: unschooling9_S. Sloman19_ssloman@hotmail.com30_Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:10:21 -0500600_iso-8859-1 Although I hate saying this: LOL! I love the way you summed it up here!<br><br>Shoshana Sloman<br>torch-d listowner<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: pnpmacknam<br>To: About religious Jewish home schooling<br>Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 10:55 AM<br>Subject: Re: unschooling<br><br>Deschooling can take a lot of time if you children don't have someone(s) to learn a lot from that they are interested in. I think a big problem is the way human work is organized in modern society. Dad goes to his work and the children have little or no access to that. Or to the work of any [...]40_3Jan200213:10:21-0500ssloman@hotmail.com
2019 5392 15_Re: unschooling9_S. Sloman19_ssloman@hotmail.com30_Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:05:52 -0500580_iso-8859-1 Just hate writing "LOL" because it is very online slangish (and because I hate to admit someone made me laugh!) :-)<br><br>Shoshana Sloman<br>torch-d listowner<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: pnpmacknam<br>To: About religious Jewish home schooling<br>Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 12:47 PM<br>Subject: Re: unschooling<br><br>Thanks. But, what do you mean that you "hate saying this" ?<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: S. Sloman<br>To: About religious Jewish home schooling<br>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:10 AM<br>Subject: Re: unschooling [...]40_6Jan200209:05:52-0500ssloman@hotmail.com
7412 6008 16_Re: difficulties9_S. Sloman19_ssloman@hotmail.com31_Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:35:10 -0500605_iso-8859-1 Dvora, I very much appreciate Avivah's response (below) to your difficulties<br>with her son. I was troubled to read that you are so overwhelmed with<br>various family and personal problems to the point that you are considering<br>sending your son to a psychiatric day treatment program. Like Avivah, I do<br>not wish to hurt anyone's feelings, but it would seem to be pretty tough on<br>the kid to have him treated and labeled as having psychiatric problems<br>because he just wants to play video games all the time and has a generally<br>bad attitude. (I would expect a large percentage [...]41_15Jan200216:35:10-0500ssloman@hotmail.com
13421 26 6_Masada47_Israel (Ira) Friedman and Tzviya (Fawn) Brickel21_ifriedma@actcom.co.il31_Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:24:24 +0200532_us-ascii Hi,<br>Can anyone tell me about any books (that is, history that reads like a<br>story or historical fiction) or other materials for me to use with my son<br>(12) about the Jews around the time of the Roman Empire, particularly as it<br>concerns Masada? I'm interested in English or Hebrew materials, as long as<br>they are interesting and engaging. For that matter, anything! I'll decide<br>if my son and I can make use of it.<br>I'm mostly interested in historical fiction, I suppose, but am open to<br>other ideas. [...]43_29Jan200220:24:24+0200ifriedma@actcom.co.il