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Category Archives: Education
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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Jerusalem
Ever since we returned from Israel, I’ve been wanting to write about Jerusalem but have been struggling to find the right words to accurately describe the experience. This may not be perfect, but it’s the best I can do. Jerusalem … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Parenting, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, Judean Desert, Mercy Gate, Mount of Olives, old city, St. Anns
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Library
Public libraries are amazing places. The main branch of the NYC Public Library, located on 5th Avenue at 42nd Street is, perhaps, more amazing than most, but only in its’ size, grandeur and stacks of rare & wonderful books. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning
Tagged 42nd St. Library, city council meeting minutes, Free Range Kids, freedom, lending library, Lenore Skenazy, library, life learning, NYC public Library, rare books, reading room, self-directed learning, stacks
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What would Bono do?
I love this story. Someone once asked Bono (who has raised millions of dollars to fight AIDS & other diseases in Africa) how he can work with so many super conservative U.S. Senators? How does he get them to donate … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged aids, bobby kennedy, bono, common ground, dr. king, education, empathy, life learning, mlk, mlk jr., senators, 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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Supporting a creative path
Picked up a great book yesterday, titled, “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, by Austin Kleon. Fostering creativity is something I’ve come to value more and more and for which I will cast … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling, Writing, blogging
Tagged acting, dance, fiction, gymnastics, learning, life learning, movies, nora roberts, photography, ray bradbury, Theater, unschooling, writing
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Lincoln & me
In a previous life I think I must have known Abraham Lincoln. I’m only half-kidding. There is no other explanation for why, when I read about him, hear his speeches read aloud or see even the driest of documentaries having … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged 16th President, abraham lincoln, dinner party, eleanor of aquitaine, gettysburg address, habeus corpus, learning, life learning, lincoln, reincarnation, supreme court, unschooling
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Living history
Museums are a big part of trips to D.C., but our favorite turned out not to be part of the Smithsonian, whose 19 buildings dominate the landscape around the National Mall. Instead, the place that captivated us, made us … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged 1986, axel springer verlag, berlin, berlin wall, charlottenstrasse, checkpoint charlie, east germany, education, gdr, graffiti, guard tower, learning, life learning, living history, newseum, the american sector, the zone, unschooling, Washington D.C., zimmerstrasse
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Impressions of D.C.
I’ll say this for Washington D.C. It is possibly the cleanest city I’ve ever been in, bar none. Maybe that’s because Congress is currently on vacation. Our almost three days there were filled with sightseeing – the museums, the monuments, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged abraham lincoln, Ben, congress, disneyworld, grace coolidge, jerrold nadler, learning, life learning, lincoln bedroom, macro shots, Maya, photography, the capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian, the Vietnam War Memorial, the White House, travel, unschooling, Washington D.C.
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