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Monthly Archives: November 2011
A nothing happened kind of day
Today was one of those days when nothing happened. We woke up. I got coffee. It was warm. Spoke to my Mom at length. (hi Mom!) Went shopping for Christmas presents for Maya & Ben’s friends. Bought ink for my … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged BBC, Ben, christmas presents, coffee, learning, life learning, Maya, nothing, thanksgiving, Torchwood, tweet, unschooling
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Ron Paul & the Dept. of Education
Ron Paul is in favor of doing away with the Federal Dept. of Education. On his webpage, he says that education decisions should be made at the state, local and personal level; that “parents should have the right to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged 2001 Space Odyssey, Dept of Ed, education, hal, homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, Local, NYTimes, Ron Paul, school, States, taxes, unschooling, weapons of mass instruction
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Music and Movies, just cause it’s Friday
This post has nothing to do with life learning, or unschooling, or education. Except you might learn about some music or movies with which you weren’t previously familiar. Or not. Believe it or not, there are days when I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling
Tagged 3-D, a fine frenzy, alanis morrissette, almost lover, born this way, daniel craig, enrique iglesias, Friday, girl with the dragon tattoo, hugo, Hunger Games, I like it, jude law, Lady Gaga, learning, life learning, martin scorsese, movies, music, noomi rapace, robert downey jr., rooney mara, Sherlock Holmes, torch, unschooling
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A final quote (maybe) from Michael Ellsberg’s book
This pretty much speaks for itself: Our education system, as it stands, from kindergarten through graduate school, is the opposite of resilience, flexibility, and adaptability. It teaches a narrow set of academic/analytic skills, mostly divorced from the practicalities of life, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, education of millionaires, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, Peter Thiel, status quo, Thiel Foundation, unschooling
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Self expression or it’s only hair
Maya wanted to dye one section of her hair blue. This seemed a very reasonable request, and today, after one failed attempt using a dye that claimed you didn’t need to lighten the hair first (you do), we achieved the … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged blue hair, dye, learning, life learning, Maya, parenting, tattoo, unschooling
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Have a little faith
Faith is something I think you need a lot of to be a life learner in our culture. Not religious faith, but a belief and complete trust in your kids and their abilities, and also in yourself and your family. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged bible, education, faith, faith-based, Jesus, john hiatt, learning, life learning, radical, unschooling
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I’ll add the title
Gabrielle Zevin, author of some of Maya’s favorite books, today tweeted a link to her Sunday Confession (on a page called Gabrielle Zevin Writes – you’ll need to scroll Order for these herbal pills can be considered as outcome of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged gabrielle zevin, life learning, The Corrections, unschooling, write, writer
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Life learning life goals
Based on current data, I think it is very likely that my daughter Maya will grow up to be an entrepreneur/business owner of some sort. What form this will take is anybody’s guess at this point, but she has so … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, education, entrepreneur, goals, homeschooling, idzie desmarais, learning, Lego, life learning, Maya, Starbucks, unschooling
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Schooled responses vs. well….’un’schooled
The New York Times, in its’ online Education section, has been running a series of articles under the heading “Student Opinion”. They ask students age 13 or older to comment on articles pertaining to different education-related subjects. This morning someone … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, education of millionaires, homeschooling, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, NY Times, school, student opinion, unschooling
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