...which is only going to take a year and a half to finish at this rate...
Okay, not really. I have now written all the giveaway postings out ahead of time (other than the who won part, of course), and will really, truly be able to post them in something like a timely fashion so we can all get on with our lives.
So, first off: the winner of I Am Learning All The Time is...
Wendy!
Congratulations! Send me your mailing addy!
And now, the next book for giveaway:
This is an anthology of unschooling essays, originally published in Life Learning magazine -- Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier, edited by Wendy Priesnitz.
I especially enjoyed Renata Rooney's essay "Letting Go." In fact, I have to say that part of the reason I can part with this book is that I'm carrying this piece around in my heart; and although I found many of the other essays interesting, intriguing, and educational, this is the one that had a permanent impact on me. I don't know how often it happens that a piece of writing can manage to grab and shake one's sensibilities while also offering warmth and reassurance, but that's what happened to me.
If you are interested in exploring unschooling, already unschool and would like some reassurance about your choice, or just need some good reading, this is the book for you. It might also be a good book for unschoolers to lend to skeptical relatives. I did dog-ear (and then guiltily unfolded) two corners, but other than that, this trade paperback is in good shape.
Post for a chance to win! And since the results have been so wonderful already (thankyouthankyouthankyou), I'm going to go ahead and give extra bonus numbers in the hat to anyone who gives a new shout-out to SHM's need for written material. I'm quite accustomed to being broke, but in terms of time spent, I need to be able to do more editing and less writing. My son is my first priority, and he just turned 12 and needs me a lot lately.
So spread the word, and post here for a chance to win!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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9 comments:
Pick me, please! :-)
Where can I e-mail you my mailing address? :-)
What a great giveaway!
Wow, I'm a dork! Here's my email address:
deborah at 2ds dot org
Would love to win. Thanks for the chance.
Thanks for the great giveaway. I would love to read this.
We would love to win this also. This isn't a plug for writing, but one for your mag: Re: [hsLIFE] homeschooling magazines
The kids and I all like Secular Homeschooling. http://www.secular-homeschooling.com/ It also accepts writing from from homeschool students, which my kids think is really cool.
We also like Home Education Magazine http://www.homeedmag.com/. I believe this is one of the magazines that Abbe referred to as being at the Chesterton library.
I couldn't send a link since it's in a local yahoo group.
New to your magazine..and really enjoy the articles. I have been home educating my kids for four years: classical schooling for math, French and Latin, and complete unschooling for approaches to science and history...Somehow or other the children still know how Parliament works (we're Canadian) and the biology of a garden. Thanks for the opportunity to read your stuff!
Pick me! I tell random strangers about your magazine. Someone even posted in the comments on here once that she ran into someone at a bookstore who told her to subscribe and so she did. That was me! I also always recommend it as a great secular resource on parenting boards like Mothering.
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