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Imagine…

Listened to John’s music all day, both Beatles and his solo stuff.  30 years ago today tragedy was about to strike.  It was a Monday, and many people heard that John Lennon had been shot from Howard Cosell, who was … Continue reading

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London Science vs. Liberty Science…and the winner is?

London.  Hands down. No doubt about it. I can say this because we visited the Liberty Science Center today, which is located sort of east-ish of Jersey City.  We went with our friends Rob, Marcella and Genevieve and spent the … Continue reading

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A Walk in Ben’s World

Maya is away tonight, on her second overnight in three days.  Needless to say all is right in her world.   For Ben this has meant hours of uninterrupted time in his world, which over the past few days has been … Continue reading

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Cyberbullying, Disconnected families & school culture

HUGE 3 page article in the Times today about the dangers of cyberbullying among teens.   Clueless parents who don’t know how to text are baffled at their children either bullying or being bullied by other kids (usually kids they know … Continue reading

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“Do as I say…”, never works

This was the scene tonight at Starbucks, as Ben and I waited in line.    A woman in front of us was talking to her daughter, who looked to be about Ben’s age: Daughter:   Can’t I have two brownies?  They’re kind … Continue reading

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In the words of John Holt….

I was reading out of Holt’s Teach Your Own today, and decided that I would let his words make up the body of today’s post.   Some of these quotes may be familiar to you, others are slightly more obscure.  In … Continue reading

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Be Yourself. Have Fun.

Last year I wrote an article for the NYCHEA newsletter in which I talked about ‘one size fits all’, ‘need to know’ schooling and curricula, and how silly it is to expect everyone to fit into the same mold.   At … Continue reading

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The Tree People are in town!

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all thirty feet tall. –Larry Wilde Growing up on a farm in Indiana, we always had an artificial tree at Christmas.  Which seems a … Continue reading

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Happiness is…a stick

Today we spent some time at Riverside Park after the kids’ art class.  It was our usual crew of 4 girls and then Ben and his friend Andrew.   The area they play in has it all – a huge outcropping … Continue reading

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At Carnegie Hall with Arlo

For a lot of people, Arlo Guthrie may only be known as Woody Guthrie’s son.   Some may recognize the name of his most famous song, “Alice’s Restaurant” and think of him as a 60′s hippie; a writer of outlandish protest … Continue reading

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