TAFFIE
- Texas Homeschool Resources and more
TAFFIE
- Texas Advocates For Freedom In Education - Texas
homeschooling and resources.
Taffie is the oldest Texas
homeschool mailing list and
networks with homeschoolers throughout Texas and beyond. Taffie has
both an announcement list for events and a general
discussion list. Our website
includes resources, statewide events, and support group information.
New listings for support groups and events are added on a regular
basis. TAFFIE also coordinates the annual Houston
Rockets Homeschool Day, Toyota
Center homeschool discounts, and homeschool
theater discounts in Houston, San
Antonio, Austin,
and Dallas.
Welcome to the TAFFIE
mailing list.
The TAFFIE
mailing list is for anyone interested in topics related to
homeschooling in Texas. While many of the topics are specific to
Texas,
there is also discussion related to homeschooling in general. We are
now
over a decade old, making us the oldest Texas homeschooling
list. The requirement to be on the mailing list is
to live in Texas or to be an honorary Texan. If you are not
sure if you live in Texas, go outside and greet the first person you
see with a loud, cheerful 'Howdy pardner'. If they respond in a
positive way, you may be in Texas. If they do not respond,
you may be in New York City. Regardless of where
you live, you qualify as an honorary Texan by saying
...'Howdy pardner '. If
you start your first e-mail to taffie with a 'Howdy pardner', you will
become an honorary Texan (you can still go out and greet people with a
loud, cheerful 'Howdy pardner' once you send the e-mail.) If
you are looking for
Support Group information , statewide events,
or resources
you've come to the right
place!
What's a Taffie?
The name comes from a group of home educators called TAFFIE (Texas
Advocates for Freedom in Education). This mailing list was
formed after several of us started talking about computers at an annual
TAFFIE meeting (Austin, 1993). We set up a mailing list, it grew and
here we are. We are now over a decade old and are the oldest Texas
homeschool mailing list.
Help with the
mailing lists Message archives
- archives of current messages are available for list members only.
We have two mailing lists for taffie. The main Taffie list is
for general discussions related to homeschooling and is a great source
for
general educational links and resources. Taffie-announce is for
homeschool events and announcements only. You can join one or both
lists. Most people will want to be on both lists, but if you don't have
time for a discussion list, taffie-announce is a great way to keep
track of events, bookfairs and field trip notices. We also run a
Robotics website and discussion list. The robotics list is national and
open to anyone interested in the topic. Click on the links
below to join our lists.
| Join
Taffie Discussion
List
New members join here.
Current members can change your
settings and view the archives through this link. New server address.
| Join
Taffie
Announce List
New members join here.
Current members can change your
settings and view the archives through this link. New server address.
| Robotics
A great resource for those interested in robotics. Website and email
discussion list. Click on the link
for details and resources.
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donation keeps this site going!
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Note:
"pardner" may be
pronounced "partner",
but then you are sounding like a Texian from Dallas, which is ok, but
you may want to perform another
ceremony that involves kissing an armadillo and several other rituals
(thank
goodness the spitting on the sidewalk requirement was removed several
years
ago...).
Last
updated May 6, 2008 
Copyright 1993-2008 Susan Frederick | 
