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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Thanks for everything, but most of all…
So much has been written about Steve Jobs in the past week that I considered keeping my thoughts to myself. At least until I picked up the latest issue of Time Magazine, which features a 1982 photo of Jobs … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged apple, Bill Gates, computers, Harry McCracken, iPod, iTunes, learning, Lev Grossman, life learning, Mac, MacBook, Michael Dell, Reed College, steve jobs, Time Magazine, unschooling
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A shift in focus
This is sort of a follow up to last night, but I promise not to belabor the point. Many years ago I heard someone say that whatever you focus on is what you create in your life. So if you … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Atlanta, beauty in the world, college degree, debt, education, focus, learning, life learning, Macy Gray, positive, the times, unschooling, we are the 99%
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Rethinking our views on education and success
Occupy Wall Street is getting a lot of press in New York and across the country. Today I was reading through some (many) of the testimonials on the web site We Are the 99 Percent. What struck me like a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, College, compulsory schooling, corruption, debt, democracy, education, job, John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, mark frauenfelder, occupy wall st., student loans, success, unschooling, we are the 99%
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The true measure of success
Today Maya announced “There are so many exciting things happening. It can’t get any better than this!” Those are just about the best words I could think of hearing from one of my kids. Words that say they are happy … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, Ben, deco-den, happiness, joy, learning, Lego, life learning, Maya, new moon girls, penpal, success, summerhill school, The Donators, unschooling
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A few words about museums
The first art museum I consciously remember visiting was when I was a Sophomore in College studying abroad. It was the KunstHistorische Museum in Vienna, which we went to as part of the Art History class we were taking. That … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged andy warhol, art, art history, Ben, chicago, ford foundation, georgia o'keefe, learning, life learning, london, Maya, museum, plays, shakespeare, troilus & cressida, unschooling, vienna
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Our book club and why it makes me think of George Carlin
Maya started a book club this Fall. She’s wanted to join one for a couple of years, but the one some of her friends are a part of had no room for new members. Finally, tired of waiting for a … Continue reading
For the love of Riverside Park
Dr. William Bird, the health adviser to Natural England (a British organization dedicated to conserving and enhancing the natural environment), said in a recent Daily Mail article that children are healthier and better adjusted if they spend time in the … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Bat, Central Park, depression, Dr. William Bird, granite, homeschooling, Hunger Games, learning, life learning, Natural England, play, playground, pretend, red tailed hawks, Riverside Park, rocks, tag, unschooling
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A little more from James Herndon
I have this (possibly annoying to the people forced to listen) tendency to be a ‘sneezer’. A sneezer is someone, according to Seth Godin, author of The Purple Cow, who can be counted on to tell absolutely everyone they know … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged How to Survive in Your Native Land, jail, James Herndon, learning, life learning, Seth Godin, sneeze, the Purple Cow, unschooling
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A Dolphin Tale
Two movie weekends are the best! Yesterday it was the Lion King, and today all four of us went to see A Dolphin Tale, which is based on the true story of Winter, a dolphin who got wrapped up in … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Life Learning, Socialization, Unschooling
Tagged a dolphin tale, homeschooling, learning, life learning, lion king, school, unschooling, winter
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S-S-S-Saturday night
The Lion King is back in theaters! Joshua and I saw that movie together when we lived in our first apartment in Alphabet City. We were on 2nd St. between Avenues A & B, and although there was a drug … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged 3-D, Ben, dumbing us down, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, Maya, the Hells Angels, The Lion King, unschooling, weapons of mass instruction
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