Monthly Archives: September 2009
Truth, Home schooling and love — to Hope McGeough my mom
Warmth…..
I know I felt her warmth as she read to me. Time stopped during those moments when I listened to my mothers serene voice as she spoke the words that I followed with my finger. I may have been six. Croup as it was called then kept me in her lap.
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John Taylor Gatto, home schooling and independent learning
I would like to offer to you some short videos by the brilliant John Taylor Gatto. Mr. Gatto is the most original thinker in my view on schooling. State Controlled Consciousness Schooling is not education History of compulsory schooling John … Continue reading
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Dan Pink, successful learning, unschooling, independent learning
I just can’t say this any better and it intrigues me so much. Lets just watch Dan Pink riff on autonomy and motivation. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html While this presentation is about business it has profound implications for learning, and especially unschooling.
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It’s never too late, independent learning, Grandma Moses
As I said in yesterdays post one of the things I wonder about is time. I’ve spent my life trying to figure out what learning is and how it happens. It has been at foundation of my most recent profession. I am … Continue reading
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Give your life to a purpose, passionate living, home school, independent learning
I have a great challenge for you tonight. What do you want to give your life for. No, I’m not talking about dying a noble death. I’m talking, no, I’m asking you to find something worth living for, not dying … Continue reading
Independent scholarship, independent learning and success
Did Leonardo Di Vinci have a Ph.D.? No. Nor did George Washington, Thomas Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin have any advanced degrees. The fathers or our country lived at a time when if a citizen went to school at all, one … Continue reading
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Obama’s School Speech seen through Democratic Eyes
First let me say to my best friend….the word is spelled p-r-i-n-c-i-p-l-e. And thanks for kindly pointing it out. I was writing in the wee hours of the morning, Sheesh. The democrats are right! I can hear the ambulance sirens … Continue reading
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Obama activities, public schools and the Presidential address to American Schools
As we all know by now the President of the United States will address American school children on September 8, 2009. Many questions have been posed regarding the appropriateness of this address. Spirited debate has erupted around the internet, on … Continue reading
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The POTUS and Public Schools, President Obama’s address to captive school children
On September 8, 2010 the people of the United States are going to be presented with something entirely new. On that day the President of the United States proposes to address all school children and youth in the United States. … Continue reading
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