and you ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

Hoity canoity! I went to bed a perfectly normal homeschooler, pro-education in the very educated sense of the word, and woke up an unschooler. How did that happen?! And when, exactly? I wonder....

Anyway, here's a quotable from Mr. Holt.

"It can't be said too often: We get better at using words, whether
hearing, speaking, reading, or writing, under one condition and only
one -- when we use those words to say something we want to say,
to people we want to say it to, for purposes that are our own."

~ John Holt

Sometimes I'm giddy with nervous excitement, imagining Sassy having freedoms I never had, living a life I only dreamt of, being herself mutliplied by infinity. I feel like I have a fear-grin permanently plastered across my face right now, even if it doesn't show on my lips. I want to jump out of my skin right onto our farm, even though I'm terrified of my own lack of experience here.

Ah, well, with me, the call of adventure always wins over fear.