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Tag Archives: movies
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
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Adam Levine, baseball, biggest loser, Chagall, charmed, education, homeschooling, learning, life learning, maroon 5, Met Opera, movies, pop culture heathen, salmon fishing in the yemen, superhero, the voice, twitter, unschooling, vampire diaries, Van Gogh
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My penultimate post for 2011
We’re heading back to New York tomorrow morning, and depending on how long the wait at the Holland Tunnel is when we finally reach the city, (it’s torture, because we can see our building – so close and yet so … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Adele, Amy Adams, anna dressed in blood, blog, books, born this way, Castle, dennis prager, dooce, education of millionaires, enrique iglesias, Grimm, happiness is a serious problem, hawaii five-o, Hugh Dancy, I like it, Jane Eyre, Joss Whedon, kendare blake, Lady Gaga, learning, legend, life learning, marie lu, maroon 5, michael ellsberg, Michael Fassbender, moves like jagger, movies, Nina Arianda, scott westerfeld, Seth Godin, Stephen King, The Help, the muppets, the near witch, Tribes, tv, uglies, unschooling, Venus in Fur, victoria schwab
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Some stuff I’m enjoying, and maybe you will too…
BOOKS 98% of the books I’ve been reading lately are of the YA genre. (That’s Young Adult, in case you’re unfamiliar.) It’s a label that should never stop someone of the OA (Older Adult) variety from picking one up. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling
Tagged alaska, alfie kohn, articles, book club, books, education, gabrielle zevin, hallelujah chorus, huffington post, leviathan, life learning, Maya, movies, pretties, scott westerfeld, teenink, the muppet show, the muppets, uglies, unschooling, videos, washington post
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Music and Movies, just cause it’s Friday
This post has nothing to do with life learning, or unschooling, or education. Except you might learn about some music or movies with which you weren’t previously familiar. Or not. Believe it or not, there are days when I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling
Tagged 3-D, a fine frenzy, alanis morrissette, almost lover, born this way, daniel craig, enrique iglesias, Friday, girl with the dragon tattoo, hugo, Hunger Games, I like it, jude law, Lady Gaga, learning, life learning, martin scorsese, movies, music, noomi rapace, robert downey jr., rooney mara, Sherlock Holmes, torch, unschooling
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Cowboys vs. Aliens, and Sugarland
Last night Joshua and I went to see the film “Cowboys vs. Aliens” – and Ben went with us. This movie is rated PG-13 for violence and cursing. But looking through the clips and reviews, I decided it was on … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged cowboys vs aliens, fiction, indiana state fair, life learning, movies, non-fiction, sugarland, unschooling
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Not all PG-13 movies are the same
Maya was invited to go and see the film “Crazy Stupid Love” this evening with a friend, but Joshua and I decided not to let her go. We saw it last Saturday and loved it, but after thinking it over, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Movies, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged crazy stupid love, effects, footloose, innuendo, learning, life learning, movies, pg-13, raiders of the lost ark, sex, thriller, unschooling
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The importance of pop culture
My friend Anna, who is Hungarian, told me once that when she was in school in Hungary, studying English, she took a course on doing business in America. (Maybe that wasn’t the title, but that was the topic.) One of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged ancient Egypt, Ellen Degeneres, friends, Gloria Estefan, imdb, learning, life learning, Matt LeBlanc, movies, pop culture, unschooling
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This had me laughing
Today’s assignment in our ‘create something every day for 365 days’ book was to write a 10 word love story, and as a bonus, illustrate it! Now when I read that my mind immediately started to mull over how to … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Movies, Unschooling
Tagged create, daily project, life learning, Matthew McConaughey, movies, unschooling
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Let’s go to the movies….and argue loudly!
Joshua and I used to go to the movies every weekend. Before we had kids, we’d sometimes go on Saturday and Sunday. There was no movie so bad we wouldn’t go see it. (We even sat through an excruciating almost … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Movies, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Golden Rule, life learning, movies, parenting, unschooling
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