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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The lazy myth
Anyone who is unschooling and has spoken about it with someone whose kids are in school has heard this one: “Oh, that would never work in our house. [Name of child] would never do anything but play video games and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, boredom, cleaning the office, education, excel spreadsheets, goals, lazy, learning, life learning, Maya, motivation, should, the lazy myth, unschooling
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Stop Stealing Dreams: Seth Godin on Education
Ok, I haven’t read it yet. I’m downloading my copy tonight. But I’ve never read anything from Seth Godin that wasn’t 100% on track. (And if you haven’t read any of Seth’s stuff, please stop reading this, go to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, learning, life learning, Seth Godin, stop stealing dreams, unschooling
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Behind my back!
I don’t monitor “screen time” with my kids. They both spend a lot of time on the computer, and up until today if you had asked me what they do on said computers, I would have, in all confidence, told … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged behind my back, Ben, chatting, curiosity.com, discovery, education, learning, learning how to learn, life learning, Maya, quarterly reports, science, sculpey tutorials, unschooling, video editing, videos
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A little fun, because it’s Friday
Nobody knows how to have silly fun better than Ellen Degeneres. I remember seeing her in one of her stand up shows talk about how grown ups need to have more fun – like kids do. She then said … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning
Tagged bathroom scares, colin farrell, david beckham, dennis quaid, Ellen Degeneres, fun, fun on friday, jennifer lopez, life learning, play, random tag, tag you're it
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Liberal? Conservative? Who cares?
Dana Goldstein believes that when children learn outside of school, it violates progressive values. You can read her article about it on your own, if you wish. I have no desire to print quotes from it here. Let me … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Dana Goldstein, dept. of education, education, education reformers, entrepreneurs, flooding the system, greater good, homeschooling, jobs project, John Holt, learning, life learning, progressive agenda, santorum, self-directed, unschooling
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Focus, self-control and a few other distractions
While my kids were in their Spanish class today, I caught up with my NYTimes for the week, as well as a couple of magazines (Time & NY Magazine) that have been languishing on my table. It was a busy … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Unschooling
Tagged chemicals, education, focus, homeschooling, kindergarten admissions, learning, life learning, microwave popcorn, NYTimes, PA cyber charter schools, play, public schools, Rick Santorum, self-control, Time Magazine, unschooling, westminster dog show
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Help support Blake Boles’ new book!
Tonight I have one request, and that is to go to this link and help Blake Boles reach his goal of $8500 necessary to publish his book, “Better Than College: How to Build a Successful Life Without a Four-Year Degree”. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Better Than College, Blake Boles, education, learning, life learning, not back to school camp, publish Blakes book, self-directed learning, unschooling, unschooling adventures, zero tuition college
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Am I doing enough?
It’s the question that lurks in the back of every unschooling parent’s mind. Am I doing enough? Am I paying enough attention to my kids’ interests and doing enough to facilitate them? Are days spent playing on the computer, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, math
Tagged approved, art, doubts, education, fractions, homeschooling, learning, life learning, lurking questions, music video, panic about math, physics, show and tell knowledge, standardized form, unschooling
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No college degree required…again
A few days ago my Mom sent me this link to an article about Forrest Lucas of Lucas Oil. Mr. Lucas is of particular interest to me because he’s from my hometown in Indiana, but also because he created … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, engine lubricant, Forrest Lucas, learning, life learning, Lucas Oil, LucasOil Stadium, New York Giants, open mind, superbowl, taxi driver, trucking company, unschooling
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Everywhere art (even on the coffee cups)
Sometimes walking around New York is like being in the middle of an enormous installation of performance art. Union Square was in full swing this gorgeous afternoon, and as I made my way north on Broadway I couldn’t resist a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art, create, education, Flatiron Building, Gwyneth Leech, gwynethsfullbrew, Hypergraphia, learning, life learning, performance art, The Cup Drawings, union square, unschooling
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