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Tag Archives: Boston
Practicing empathy & compassion
I hesitate to say it, given the depth of the tragedies that took place in Boston & Texas (and some would say in the Senate) these past few days, but what has happened to our empathy and compassion? We have … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Safety, blogging
Tagged bombings, Boston, compassion, dalai lama, education, empathy, family, life learning, parenting, senate, texas, tsarnaev, unschooling, victims
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Riding the rails
Before this summer the only time I’d ever taken Amtrak was the year after I graduated from college. I rode a train from Chicago to Indianapolis, and not 30 seconds after pulling out of the Chicago station, we stopped. … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged airports, amtrak, Boston, chicago, d.c., indianapolis, life learning, New York, niagara falls, strip malls, train stations, trains, travel, union station, wuthering heights
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Compromise, Part Two
While in Boston I picked up a book titled, “Signing Their Rights Away; the Fame & Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the United States Constitution” by Denise Kiernan & Joseph D’Agnese. Throw away the history textbooks. This is the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Writing, blogging
Tagged Boston, compromise, constitutional congress, denise kiernan, education, great compromise, joseph d'agnese, life learning, new jersey plan, signing their rights away, virginia plan, writing
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Compromise
Just got back from a quick overnight trip to Boston. Downtown Boston is not only beautiful, but so rich with colonial history that it is a veritable feast for American Revolution buffs. Being there and taking the Freedom Trail … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged Boston, Civil War Series, compromise, George Washington, gout, John Hancock, Ken Burns, life learning, Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, Shelby Foote, Susannah Copley, the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers, travel
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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
Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, Boston, Columbia University, confidence, daily mail, dichotomy, education, homeschooling, life learning, Luis Huerta, maturity, Maya, NY Times, play, Teachers college, unalterable decisions, 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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