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

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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

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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

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It’s that Craft Fair time of year!

The NYCHEA Craft Fair is everyone’s favorite of the monthly meetings, as always evidenced by the massive turnout.  The kids make stuff and bring it to sell.   They barter, they haggle and they have a great time.   At … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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