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Jamboree is a website for
children, young people, and parents written and illustrated by Samuel (who is writing
now), aged 18, Wendy, (20) and Bethan, (23). The three of us work
with our parents Gareth and Lin, in writing, illustrating, and publishing books
on education, as well as a monthly
magazine. We also have two websites; Freedom-in-Education,
which is run by my Dad, and Jamboree. Our aim is for the
Jamboree to be like an oasis in the middle of the desert; whilst everyone
and everything is pushing parents, but especially those growing up,
to do what they want them to do, we would like to remind people that
this is their life, and they have the right to make their own
decisions without being pushed into it by anyone else. When a
baby, we have such a clear idea of what we need and what we must
have, and no-one can gainsay us, yet as we grow up, slowly we become
sucked into things that we don't want to be doing; at first we still
remember what it is that we really want, but after many years of
grinding down we insensibly forget, until we find ourselves 18, out
of school and totally un-prepared for life; our freedom is lost and
we have forgotten our sense of direction which we knew so clearly
all those years ago... maybe if we had been allowed to make our own
decisions from the beginning, all this would not have happened, and
a happy, well-balanced, person would be able to walk, with dignity,
along the path of life. I must acknowledge, with great
gratitude to my parents, that I have never been forced to do
anything I do not want to do, and it is to this that I can
attribute - in part at least - my present good fortune and
happiness. So, this is what the website is about, to tell people, from our own personal experience, that when given the space a child has all the direction within them to steer to a safe harbour, and that, when self-motivated, the task of reaping all the knowledge the world has to offer, from mathematics to crafts and cooking to history is just too much fun! - Samuel- Besides
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Wendy replies to messages, and she can be contacted at the following address:
wendy@freedom-in-education.co.uk
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SAMUEL is the webmaster and editor of the Jamboree, read an account of his life here |
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