Growing Without Schooling 7 by Patrick Farenga

joint sub, all copies of each issue will be sent to one of them, who must then ma~or de liver the other copies to the other subscribers. Sending all copies to one address is what makes it possible for us to send jOint subscriptions for less. You may buy extra copies of issue #1 for 50¢ each, or 25¢ each for orders of 10 or more. Extra copies of later issues, $2 each, two (of the same issue) for $3, $1 each for orders of five or more (of the same issue), 50¢ each for orders of ten or more (of the same issue). For all subs or orders of GWS (nor books), please send checks U.S.$) made out to GROW ING WITHOUT SCHOOLING. If sending Canadian money order, please ex plain when buying it that it is to be cashed in the U.s. People have asked whether they may "bump" their subscript ions i.e. convert a single to a 2X, a 2X to a 3X, etc. Yes, but the minimum bump must be $6. It takes about as much time and work to change the number of a sub as to enter a new one, and we can't afford to do that for only $2. All subscriptions begin with issue #1, unless you tell us otherwise. We strongly urge that you begin your sub with the ear liest issue of GWS that you do not have. Most of what we print in GWS will be as useful in later years as when we first print it, such as the articles in GWS#l about Jud's girl staying out of school, or counting, or the study tip, etc. We don't want any of our readers to miss any of it. TREE PLANTERS

The Nov. 8, 1978 issue of Manas (see GI,S#3 and others) says in part : "Five or six years ago a fifteen-year-old boy ... learned that the trees in Southern Cali fornia are dying (Ed. - because of smog) at the rate of about 50,000 a year .... He couldn't stand the idea of the forest fa ding away. What a picture - the mountains turned to wasteland, a moonscape without trees! ... This youth - the Sierra Club has pub lished a book about him, TREE BOY, by Shirley Nagel - went to work to replant the forests with smog-resistant seedlings. He or ganized help wherever he could find it - children, old men and women, handicapped people - and they all worked together to re plant trees. He made friends with county , state, and national for est people - whic~ requires a lot of doing for a lad in his teens so that they took him seriously, valuing the help of his crews of earnest youngsters. Today the Tree People go on planting trees, and telling about planting trees to school child ren, running education classes and workshops at their environ mental center (some old fire de partment buildings with ten acres for growing things, and being re inhabited and rehabilitated by the Tree People). Now and then the 'older' Tree People - hardly one of them yet twenty-five - go out on speaking dates ... And they plant five to ten thousand trees

a year, some in the cities, some in parks where a lot of people see them and see them being planted ... Other people ask how do they do what they do. How do they fan this spark of theirs to a flame so that several thousand youngsters want to help plant trees every year? " A RECORD

The Boston Globe also re ported that on opening day this fall (1978) attendance in the Boston public schools was at a record high. They didn't say whether it was a record for open ing day or for any day. Nor did they say whether it was a record for the past five years, or ten, or twenty, or what. But it was a record, and they were mighty proud of it. And what was this record? How many of the students signed up for school and supposed to be there on this opening day were actually there? You'll never guess. 74.5%. DIRECTORY

We have decided to list the complete Directory in every third issue, and in other issues to list only the names that have come in since the previous issue. The last complete listing was in GWS#6. If your name was not on that list, and you would like it to be, please let us know. If you have already, please forgive our slip, and tell us once again that you wish to be listed. Thanks. Note that, following "A Suggestion" (GWS#6), we are now (if asked) listing names and/or ages of children in a number of families. Let us know if you want us to add yours to the list. AK - Stan Long, Box 2810, Kenai 99611 --- Lori & John O'Hare (Eamonn, 1 1/2), Box 1932, Kodiak 99615 AR - Margaret Viers, PO Box 4, Deer 72628 CA - Eugene C. Cade, 1037 N. Genessee Ave. #lO-A, Los Angeles 90046 --- Fir Free, Kerista Vil lage, 935 Stanyan St., San Fran scisco 94117 --- Dennis & E11y James, 170-B Fallen Leaf Lane, Nevada City 95959 --- Jane M. Joyce (Laura 6, Alex 3), 815 Bryte Ave., #20, Bryte 95605 -- Frank & Regina Ma11at, 22100 Henry Rd., Desert Hot Springs 92240 --- Sandra & Joe Smith

(C~rlos 3 1/2), 1248 Magnolia Ave., Ramona 92065 --- Carl & Andrea Wilson (Laura 8 mo.), 955 3rd. Ave., Redwood City 94063 CO - Tom O'Brien, 1303 Coffman St., #4, Longmont 80501 --- Luz, Ned, &Tai; Radix One Ranch, 9109 Rd. 311, Silt 81652 CT - Anita Bibeau, 339 Pros pect St., E. Hartford 06108 DE - William E. Morris, 2124 Brandywine Dr., Wilmington 19810 FL - Rickie &A.J . Taylor (Sam 3), PO Box 557342, Miami 33155 ID - Lynn T. Fifield, UNITED LIBERTARIAN FELLOWSHIP, Box 356, El k City 83525 IL - Ed Dobmeyer, LEARNING EXCHANGE, Box 920, Evanston 60204 --- Stanley & Susan Howard, 1807 Sherman Blvd., Crystal Lake 60014 --- Wanda Rezac (Ronald 4, Jean 2), 454 Enterprise St., Elgin 60120 IN - Paul W. Hyatt, R.R.2, Box 9~ Zionsville 46077 IA - R. Hayden, Box 462, Ames 50010 --- Robert & Linda Sessions, Rte. 2, Decorah 52101 KY - Mil & Bill Duncan (Graham 4, Ian 3), 106 Lorraine Ct., Berea 40403 LA - June &Allan Conley, 426 Maxine Dr., Baton Rouge 70808 ME - Shepard & Linette Bliss Erhart (Seraphina 5), Shore Rd., Franklin 04634 --- Maria H. Holt, Withywindle, 115 High St., Bath 04530 --- Maria Toms & David Fulton, Box 213, Oquossoc 04964 MD - Mary Daly (J 2, C 1), 400 Greenhill Ave., Laurel 20810 --- Gail K. Himes, 21201 Heath cote Rd., Freeland 21053 David Keating, 8201 16th St.; Silver Spring 20910 MA - Emily Berg, 22 Rockwell St., Dorchester 02124 --- Jim Charbonnet, 23 Hubbard St., Lenox 01240 --- Anne Perkins, RFD# 1, Orange 01364 --- Rachael K. Solem (Briana Pearson, 14 mo.), 20 Rob inwood Ave., Jamaica Plain 02130 r~N - Steve Corwi n, 159 E. King St., Winona 55987 --- Jann Garritty, 2517 16th Ave., N.E., Columbia Heights 55421 MO - June &Allan Conley (Craig 13, Frank 9), 1501 Broad way, Webb City 64870 --- Cynthia &Albert Hobart, PO Box 112, Wil low Springs 65793 --- Donna Richoux, 722 Kingsland, St. Louis 63130 NH - Arthur Harvey & Eliza beth Gravalos (Emily 2, Rosemary 1 mo.), Weare 03281 --- Jennifer Seip, 21 New Rd., North Hampton 03862 --- Jennifer Wright &Stan McCumber (Vanessa 9), Star Rt . 2, Charlestown 03603 NJ - Erik Erfel, 4 Abbe

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Court, Colonia 07067 NY - The Adler's, Box 105, RandaTT 12142 --- Jonathan Daitch, 409 Cascadilla St., Ithaca 14850 --- Richard &Anna Marie Fahey (6,5,4,2,1), Home steading Center, R.D. 2, Oxford 13830 --- Julia & Dennis McCahill (Colleen 13, Michael 10, Sean 8, Kevin 6), Staff/CINCUSNAVEUR, Box 8, FPO, NYC 09510 NC - Wanda & Tye Hunter (Susanna 2),705 Kooler Cir., Fayetteville 283~5 OH - Joce 1y'. & Steve Kopel (4,3)-;-8079 GolC .lith Dr., Reynoldsburg 43068 OR - Linda, Allan & Forest Rieke~ 23115 Doane Creek Rd., Sheridan 97378 PA - Sydney & David Hall, 1212 Midland Ave., York 17403 -- Joann Hamer (11,8,6,2), 128 Old Ridge Rd., Coraopolis 15108 VA - Dan & Theo Giesy (Dan ile 13;" Darrin 11, Susie 9, Anita 6),7309 Midfield St., Norfolk 23505 --- Lynda & Steve Willingham (A 5, S 3, R 5 mo.), Rt. 2 Box 20-F, Berryville 22611 WA - Richard &Steven Bar rick Tfammy 5 1/2, Steven 2 1/2), Rt. 1, Box 217-L, Eatonville 98328 --- Randy Francisco, 18831 Meridian N., Seattle 98133 -- Jessie Loo &Jim Pinney, Orcas 98280 --- Roxanne Thayer, 7767 11th St. S.W., Seattle 98106 (tel. 762-4989, to meet or share ideas) --- Ethne Ann Vik, 3405 37th Ave . So., Seattle 98144 WV - Bhadra Dasi, RD 1, Box 319, Moundsville 26041 --- Jan & Howard Evergreen, Rt . 5, Box 202, Martinsburg 25401 --- Wally & Deirdre Purdy (Jed 3, Hannah 1), Box 7-A, Chloe 25235 WI - Ella Ruth Ades, Rt. 1, RiverlFalls 54022 --- Judith A. Carlson (Gary & Vicky Reimer 13,9), RR #2 , Box 1791, Wild Rose 54984 CANADA B.C. - Mike & Barbara Baird (Toglia 8, Makeef 5, R.B. 3), Box 204, Tofino VOR 2Z0 ONT. - Sidney Ledson, 4-1121 Sandhurst Cir., Toronto M1V lV4 --- Mrs. Margaret LeFevre (Mathieu 6, Jocelyn 3), Box 1197, New Liskeard POJ lPO --- Ian Curry & Laurence Marie, 125 Elm wood Ave. E., London N6C lJ7