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Category Archives: Education
My so-called “radical” life
Here’s the deal. Maya was born in a birthing center and Ben was born at home. No drugs, no stirrups. I nursed them both past the age of three. The doctor we see practices natural medicine and neither of my … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Education, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged abiding love, anti-abortion, birthing, birthing center, civil society, deepak chopra, gun violence, life learning, love thy neighbor, mass murder, midwife, my so-called radical life, natural medicine, nursing, NYC, pacifist, parenting, pro-death penalty, radical, unschooling, what would jesus do
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Compromise, Part Two
While in Boston I picked up a book titled, “Signing Their Rights Away; the Fame & Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the United States Constitution” by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D’Agnese. Throw away the history textbooks. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Writing, blogging
Tagged Boston, compromise, constitutional congress, denise kiernan, education, great compromise, joseph d'agnese, life learning, new jersey plan, signing their rights away, virginia plan, writing
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Compromise
Just got back from a quick overnight trip to Boston. Downtown Boston is not only beautiful, but so rich with colonial history that it is a veritable feast for American Revolution buffs. Being there and taking the Freedom Trail … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged Boston, Civil War Series, compromise, George Washington, gout, John Hancock, Ken Burns, life learning, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Shelby Foote, Susannah Copley, the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, travel
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UnschoolingNYC Arrives!!
It seems like the site has been forever in the making, and I will probably be adding to it until the end of time, but it’s up, it’s live and you can now check it out! www.unschoolingnyc.com When you … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged consulting, education, forum, learning, life learning, opt-in, unschooling, unschoolingnyc, unschoolingnyc.com
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Justice vs. Law
The new season of “Whale Wars” started on Friday, and this year Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds are heading north to the Faroe Islands, where killing pilot whales is a 1000 year old tradition among the islanders. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged abolition, bully principal, cps, education, holocaust, just doing his job, justice vs. law, learning, life learning, paul watson, slavery, standardized testing, that which is not just is not law, unschooling, whale wars, william lloyd garrison
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What kind of life do you want?
If your favorite thing in life is to write stories, can you convince yourself to be an accountant? If nothing gives you more pleasure than studying animals, can you dismiss your passion and become a computer scientist? And even if … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Blake Boles, dale stephens, education, frank bruni, homeschooling, learning, life learning, made by hand, mark frauenfelder, matthew crawford, michael ellsberg, NY Times, nytimes op ed, opinion, Peter Thiel, quiet desperation, shop class as soulcraft, song still in them, Thoreau, unschooling
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What a week!
I hereby give my own mini standing ovation to all the event planners out there. You are sorely under-appreciated. Why is that, all you non-event planners might ask? Well. First there are the lists. Lists of attendees, rsvp’s, items … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged argentina, Ben, Better Than College, Blake Boles, brenna mcbroom, brenna's etsy shop, college towns, community, diamond shaped chairs, education, education of millionaires, etsy shop, evening with michael ellsberg, event planners are unsung heroes, event planning, homeschooling, learning, life learning, mario kart, Maya, michael ellsberg, not back to school camp, Seth Godin, squishies, unschooling, youtube
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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
Full Disclosure
It has come to my attention over the last week that because of my “radical” views on education and learning, many people make the assumption that I lead a particular lifestyle. Because we are life-learners, the assumption is that we … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Adam Levine, baseball, biggest loser, Chagall, charmed, education, homeschooling, learning, life learning, maroon 5, Met Opera, movies, pop culture heathen, salmon fishing in the yemen, superhero, the voice, twitter, unschooling, vampire diaries, Van Gogh
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