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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Advocacy and the unschooling community
I see the unschooling community as a sort of loose confederation, wherein each family is its’ own state, operating however suits their own family dynamic best within the realm of unschooling. Or, if you prefer, we are all variations … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged advocacy, dna, education, experiment, learning, life learning, Life Learning Magazine, natural life, Peter Gray, unschooling, wendy priesnitz
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What’s going on
A lot is going on, but the short version is that we are preparing to leave for Indiana for the holidays and I am doing a lot of research and reading. Those two things are not in any way … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged blog, homeschooling, learning, life learning, unschooling
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The problems with criticizing other homeschool bloggers
I read a blog post this evening wherein the writer – a homeschooling Mom who seems to want to be as sarcastic and funny as Dooce but who, in this case at least, just came off as mean – said … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged compassion, criticism, homeschooling, learning, life learning, Op-Ed, standards, testing, unschooling
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On being generous
When Maya was five years old, she asked for a microscope for Christmas, along with many other things. (American girl doll, bicycle, & a bunch of stuff I don’t remember.) We ‘farmed’ the microscope out to my brother and his … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, Christmas, generosity, homeschooling, learning, life learning, Maya, microscope, selfish, unschooling
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Whole lotta talkin’ going on…& we’ve heard it all before
Here’s a list of actual headlines from the NYTimes over the past few weeks, dealing with education or schools or teaching: “Are suspensions an effective method of disciplining students?” “Profits & Questions at Online Charter Schools” “Pay Data Sought for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged education, Finland, headlines, learning, life learning, Michael Winerip, motherlode, NYTimes, race to nowhere, school, unschooling
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Insta-cure for the Bad Mama Blues
The Bad Mama Blues can be triggered by many things. In my case those things are often articles or blog posts expounding on the many ways that parents need to be involved in their child’s activities, engaging them and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, blues, drawstring bag, favorite authors, learning, life learning, twitter, unschooling
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Why we are radical
Joshua & I took friends to see “Moneyball” tonight. In case you haven’t seen it, the movie is based on the true story of the Oakland Athletics, who, with the lowest payroll in major league baseball, put together a playoff-worthy … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged baseball, Bill James, Billy Beane, Boston, Dept of Ed, gm, learning, life learning, moneyball, Red Sox, statistics, unschooling
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Shakespeare, Ralph Fiennes & comfort zones (yeah, it’s a little off topic)
I will apologize in advance if this post is somewhat less than perfectly coherent. See, I had decided what I would write about earlier this evening – Shakespeare and my experiences reading, acting and seeing Shakespeare plays and how … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling
Tagged Christian Bale, comfort zone, Corialanus, friends, Henry V, Kenneth Branagh, Klaus Maria Brandauer, learning, life learning, Olivia Hussey, Ralph Fiennes, Romeo & Juliet, Rubin Museum, shakespeare, Stratford Ontario, unschooling, victoria, vienna, Zeffirelli
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Enough with the testing, already!
There’s been an article bouncing around Twitter and the blogosphere the past few days about a school board member who took a standardized test given to tenth graders in his school system. He failed. Cue endless discussions as to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged apprenticeship, cpa, doctor, education, Ken Robinson, lawyer, learning, life learning, sat, testing, twitter, unschooling
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