Monthly Archives: December 2011

Welcome Home

Today was possibly the easiest 741 miles I’ve ever driven from Indiana to NYC.  Amazing, given that the last time we drove back on a Friday I was almost in tears by the time we pulled up in front of … Continue reading

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My penultimate post for 2011

We’re heading back to New York tomorrow morning, and depending on how long the wait at the Holland Tunnel is when we finally reach the city, (it’s torture, because we can see our building – so close and yet so … Continue reading

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Days like these

Days where we: Answer Ben’s questions about astronomy, and as a result figure out how far it is to the nearest star beyond the sun. (And how long it would take to get there. We won’t be visiting anytime soon, … Continue reading

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Feeling overwhelmed

I enjoy reading blogs from other unschoolers.  There is a lot of very helpful and insightful information available, and reading about other families who are choosing a similar path for their children is comforting. It can also be very overwhelming. … Continue reading

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The benefits of diversity

Anybody who studies genetics will tell you that when the gene pool of a given population becomes too uniform, stagnant or (dare I say it?) standardized, the results are not favorable.   The health of the population suffers, as does … Continue reading

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Happy Holiday

This has been a great weekend.  Joshua’s flight Friday out of JFK was on time – something of a pre-Christmas miracle.  Saturday saw us having breakfast with friends at a restaurant in the local airport.  (It’s really very good, too.) … Continue reading

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The unschooling antidote to sheepwalking

I define sheepwalking as the outcome of hiring people who have been raised to be obedient and giving them brain-dead jobs and enough fear to keep them in line…It’s ironic but not surprising that in our age of increased reliance … Continue reading

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Unschooling: The dichotomy of play & maturity

I came across an article today that was originally published in the NY Times in 2006.    The headline of the article read “Homeschoolers Content to Take Children’s Lead”.   The homeschoolers they were talking about were unschoolers, and the … Continue reading

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High school Chemistry – 26 years later

This is my high school Chemistry notebook from my Senior year.  My Mom found it somewhere and had it out when we arrived in Indiana on Monday evening.   I have been looking through it, alternately shaking my head and … Continue reading

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On Leadership – A change in perspective

At the risk of seeming inconstant, I am going to amend what I said in my last post regarding having no leaders in the unschooling community.   The reason for this amendment is that I am reading Seth Godin’s book … Continue reading

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