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Monthly Archives: September 2011
A different angle…
A girl we know spent one year at the Laguardia Performing Arts High School. She was homeschooled prior to entering Laguardia, got herself the audition and was accepted. A few weeks into the year, she approached her Math teacher and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged aliens, crazy, laguardia, learning, life learning, unschooling
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Where we stand now, with thanks to John Holt
Maya just finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and I am reading it now. This is a book I’ve always known about but never read. It is set in 1912 Brooklyn and follows a young girl named Francie Nolan … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Life Learning, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged a tree grows in brooklyn, betty smith, Brooklyn, compulsory schooling, education, homeschooling, John Holt, learning, letters, life learning, unschooling
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Final thoughts and photos (and a video)
I’m going to get the negatives out of the way first and end on a positive. My overall impression of the theme parks in Orlando is that they are not worth the money they charge. The parks sell outrageously priced … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged Atlantis, Bahamas, Ben, Disney, life learning, Maya, Orlando, Universal, unschooling, Wet n Wild
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Disney Day 2
Well, on the upside, I woke up this morning with no virtual reality induced nausea or dizziness. We headed out to Disney’s Animal Kingdom with high hopes. I opted out of the Everest roller coaster, not wishing to tempt fate, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged Animal Kingdom, Disney, Downtown Disney, Everest, gibbon, hanes, Kali river rapids, learning, Lego, life learning, macaw, tiger, unschooling
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Today – some good and not so good
The fact that I woke up this morning with something like vertigo did not do much toward being the in a Disney kind of mood. I guess I really threw my inner ear for a loop yesterday, and it hadn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged epcot, homeschooling, interview, life learning, magic kingdom, megan thompson, metrofocus, pbs, unschooling, vertigo
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The best and the worst
We’ll start with the worst. Virtual reality rides makes me sick to my stomach. So guess what the first thing we did today was? Yep. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, the signature ride in the Wizarding World area, is … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged 3 Broomsticks, Ben, forbidden journey, hogsmeade, Hogwarts, honeydukes, jurassic park, life learning, Maya, pool, ripsaw falls, unschooling, water ride
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Speaking of pop culture…
When I was a kid and would ask my Mom & Dad if we could go to Disney World, the standard answer was “Maybe when you’re older.” It only took 34 years, but we’re finally here! The main attraction these … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged 3 Broomsticks, Citywalk, Disney World, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, life learning, margaritaville, Nascar, Orlando, portofino, Universal Studios, unschooling, water taxi
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The issue of pop culture
I love reading about other unschooling/life learning families, especially those whose children are grown and living successfully in the world. Such reading is a great balm on days when questions of “but how will they ever….?” come at me fast … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged american idol, amy winehouse, and the children played, beatles, beethoven, biggest loser, chopin, dvr, english premiere league, hilton, John Holt, kardashian, Lady Gaga, learning, life learning, mozart, mythology, opera, piano, pop culture, possum living, project runway, queen, soccer, the unprocessed child, tv, unschooling, wagner, wii
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A sigh of relief
9/11 is winding down, again. And although is was good to finally have the memorial at Ground Zero completed (and it is lovely), I’m glad all the ceremonies and services are over. Not because I don’t respect the magnitude of … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged 9/11, Ground Zero, Hillary Clinton, life learning, Mayor Bloomberg, Moira Kelley, President Bush, President Obama, unschooling
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An education worth having
In 1968 John Holt wrote, in a letter to A.S. Neill, the founder of the Summerhill school in England: Young people in this country ask me about going to college or staying in college…. I say to [them], “What do … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, Bill Gates, College, education, homeschooling, John Holt, learning, life learning, paradigm, Summerhill, tipping point, unschooling
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