Ms Warmington has been a pioneer since leaving New york for California in the early seventies. Writing and reading have always been a passion that was not her first choice. She wanted to be able to teach Sociology at the college level, but started her schooling after raising a family. Her 3 children were homeschooled using purchased and other methods. Wanting to provide an open type of program, the children learned to read virtually on their own. With a base of accessibility to books of all types and trips to the library, there was interest in many areas. All the while, she was battling with a husband who had severe mental problems and finally for the sake of the family she had to divorce after 17 years of marriage.
Focusing on education, the children were enrolled in the local Jr.High School and High School with tested reading scores in the college range. She also returned to collge to finish her AA degree and finally a BA in Social Science with a minor in English.
From there she has sought to develop her publishable writing skills. She lives with her second husband and two step-sons in Northern California on homesteaded land that has been in her husband's family since the late 1800's.

My passion is ...

Assisting others to write and ultimately writing about my own life experiences.

I know too much about ...

Vegetarian cooking.

My parents always told me ...

Who listens to their parents. My dad told me to shutup.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a teacher or someone who could make a difference in the world.

My favorite memory ...

Spending time with my grown children and grandchildren.

Why I write ...

I write because I hope I can reach others who've experienced similar experiences.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read Stephen King because he is the best...I have also read his book about how to write.

My first job ...

Was a babysitter. After that I was a checker at a grocery store.

My best moment ...

Marrying my husband in 1996.

My inspiration ...

My husband is my inspiration.

Education > Homeschooling The legacy of John Holt and the 'unschooling' movement

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I read John Holt's book, "How Children Fail" long before I ever had children. If fact, I was a junior in college at the time. If I remember correctly, he wrote about schools in the inner city. These were the schools where the students had the least chance of ever making through high school, let alone ever making it to college. He worked at a school where no matter what one teacher did, there were 50 more that couldn't care less and were just ""doing their job". Have you any idea what some of the inner city school children were facing everyday on their way to and from school? Have you any i...

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