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Category Archives: School
Power and conformity
There is a line in the movie “The Interpreter” in which, referring to the fictional dictator Edmond Zuwanie, a U.N. representative says, “They all begin as liberators, and twenty minutes later they’re as corrupt as the tyrants they overthrow.” We’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged conformity, education, family, learning, life learning, power, the interpreter
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Happy that the kids are (still) home
If you are on Facebook and spent any time scrolling through today’s activity, you can’t have helped but notice the large numbers of parents openly rejoicing about the fact that they once again can ship their kids off to school … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Unschooling
Tagged back to school, Bahamas, education, facebook, family, life learning, minecraft, parenting, parents rejoicing, raising money, sewing, skype, unschooling
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Let’s get real
As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized some things about myself that were kind of shocking in that they stood in direct opposition to the image I’d always held of myself in my brain; an image born of years of cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, blogging
Tagged academics, california, education, english, family, german, hate school, homeschooling, learning, life learning, minecraft, travel, unschooling, vidcon
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On Mackinac Island
So you know how sometimes you have a memory of a place you went as a kid – probably on a vacation – and it was the ABSOLUTE BEST PLACE EVER? A place you wanted to live; a place that … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Travel
Tagged Ben, bikes, family, fort mackinac, grand hotel, kid heaven, life learning, Mackinac Island, Maya, parenting, public school, Starbucks, travel, unschooling
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Social life, high school & college
One of the pervasive myths in our society is that high school is the pinnacle of social fun, surpassed only, of course, by college. I hate it when people talk about the “good old days” when they were 17 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Socialization, Unschooling
Tagged acting, College, diver, high school, kevin s., life learning, lori p., mod, samantha, school, science resource, social life, socialization, tartuffe, unschooling
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Why it’s called a learning “experience”
Three days from now Michael Ellsberg will be coming in to talk to the NYCHEA community about his book, “The Education of Millionaires: It’s not what you think and it’s not too late.” This evening Michael and I were … Continue reading
The double standard of “Stealing Dreams
The other day I wrote about Seth Godin’s “Stop Stealing Dreams” and how I thought it missed the mark by 1) assuming that schools can be completely overhauled in a way that would enable children to pursue self-directed learning and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged Clark Aldrich, double standard, education, Free Range Learning, homeschooling, Laura Weldon, learning, life learning, self-directed learning, Seth Godin, stop stealing dreams, unschooling, Unschooling Rules, unworkable model, wendy priesnitz
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My response to Seth Godin’s “Stop Stealing Dreams”
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the beginning of Seth Godin’s education manifesto titled “Stop Stealing Dreams”, because I liked what he was saying and thought much of it applicable to unschooling. Then, a day … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged Blake Boles, education, homeschooling, industrial education, John Holt, learning, life learning, Peter Gray, self-directed learning, Seth Godin, stop stealing dreams, unschooling, wendy priesnitz
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