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Justice vs. Law

The new season of “Whale Wars” started on Friday, and this year Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds are heading north to the Faroe Islands, where killing pilot whales is a 1000 year old tradition among the islanders. In this … Continue reading

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What kind of life do you want?

If your favorite thing in life is to write stories, can you convince yourself to be an accountant? If nothing gives you more pleasure than studying animals, can you dismiss your passion and become a computer scientist? And even if … Continue reading

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What a week!

I hereby give my own mini standing ovation to all the event planners out there.  You are sorely under-appreciated.   Why is that, all you non-event planners might ask? Well. First there are the lists.  Lists of attendees, rsvp’s, items … Continue reading

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Why it’s called a learning “experience”

Three days from now Michael Ellsberg will be coming in to talk to the NYCHEA community about his book, “The Education of Millionaires:  It’s not what you think and it’s not too late.”   This evening Michael and I were … Continue reading

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Full Disclosure

It has come to my attention over the last week that because of my “radical” views on education and learning, many people make the assumption that I lead a particular lifestyle. Because we are life-learners, the assumption is that we … Continue reading

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Standing up to testing? I applaud you

Last night I took part in a “Comments” discussion on Lisa Nielsen’s Innovative Educator blog.   The post in question was titled “Tell Bully Principal How You Feel” .  In it, Lisa called for her readers to send emails to … Continue reading

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Only a day or two to go!

Tomorrow I am meeting with my amazing web designer, Alison Leipzig, to go over final things for my website and to learn how to make changes and/or add content.  I’ll tell you right now that the resources page is going … Continue reading

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Big Day

I’m posting this from a hijacked computer tonight, as our internet has gone down and won’t be fixed till tomorrow afternoon.   It’s been kind of fun to have an evening of forced separation from the computer, or at least … Continue reading

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Why bullying and unschooling don’t mix

Yesterday I referenced a Washington Post article in which unschoolers are referred to as “dirty hippies”.   The title of the article is “Save a Life, drop out; ‘Bully’ and the case for homeschooling”, and the dirty hippie quote in … Continue reading

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Why advocate for unschooling?

I admire people who are tireless for a cause.   Advocates who spend many years of their lives “agitating” for the things in which they believe are like superheroes when it comes to their boundless energy and dedication. As one … Continue reading

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