Comments on: New Post On LWOS http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:22:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Frank http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48411 Frank Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:47:55 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48411 Wonderful article. I admit I speak from the other side of the coin... sort of. I attended an exclusive prep school, went to college on a National Merit scholarship, and was generally considered by others as the smartest (most educated) person they knew. Nonetheless, I, too, hated school, hated history, found math to be stupid, etc. All that was really because of the context of school. It took me most of a decade past college but happily I rediscovered the joy of learning on my own for my own sake. Because we're unschooling our own kids, they get to skip all the damage that school does to the JOY of learning. We, too, watched 300 and it spawned lengthy discussions in our household as well, especailly in the context of drama vs. historic reality. And we don't sweat number manipulation, which the innumerate equate with "math" but we've had fascinating discussions about how celestial navigation works! (grin) Hope you and the whole family are doing fine! Wonderful article. I admit I speak from the other side of the coin… sort of. I attended an exclusive prep school, went to college on a National Merit scholarship, and was generally considered by others as the smartest (most educated) person they knew. Nonetheless, I, too, hated school, hated history, found math to be stupid, etc. All that was really because of the context of school. It took me most of a decade past college but happily I rediscovered the joy of learning on my own for my own sake. Because we’re unschooling our own kids, they get to skip all the damage that school does to the JOY of learning. We, too, watched 300 and it spawned lengthy discussions in our household as well, especailly in the context of drama vs. historic reality. And we don’t sweat number manipulation, which the innumerate equate with “math” but we’ve had fascinating discussions about how celestial navigation works! (grin)

Hope you and the whole family are doing fine!

]]> By: Laureen http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48314 Laureen Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:21:38 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48314 Jackie, thank you so much!!!! I think he's terribly endearing. =) And watching his journey back through education with our kids I think is one of the coolest parts of the trip. And I'm happy you took the link back to Crooked Lawn... I'm pretty fond of that one too. It was a *huge* moment in my understanding of what "schooling" really means. Jackie, thank you so much!!!!

I think he’s terribly endearing. =) And watching his journey back through education with our kids I think is one of the coolest parts of the trip. And I’m happy you took the link back to Crooked Lawn… I’m pretty fond of that one too. It was a *huge* moment in my understanding of what “schooling” really means.

]]> By: Jackie http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48311 Jackie Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:44:17 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48311 Wow, dude, I just read The Crooked Lawn and it blew me away. I love the flow and feel of it. I was completely caught up in the excitement of your story and your conclusions were point-on--creative non-fiction at its most superb. You took us there. That has to be one of the coolest homeschooling posts I've read. And History Sucks is wonderful too--your husband sounds so endearing. In school, it always seemed like the "tough kids" or the "always in trouble kids" didn't care about a thing; but I've found out as an adult (and a wife to one) that they, in fact, cared too darn much. It's painful to see the effects school had on them and still has on them. Labels suck. Wow, dude, I just read The Crooked Lawn and it blew me away. I love the flow and feel of it. I was completely caught up in the excitement of your story and your conclusions were point-on–creative non-fiction at its most superb. You took us there. That has to be one of the coolest homeschooling posts I’ve read. And History Sucks is wonderful too–your husband sounds so endearing. In school, it always seemed like the “tough kids” or the “always in trouble kids” didn’t care about a thing; but I’ve found out as an adult (and a wife to one) that they, in fact, cared too darn much. It’s painful to see the effects school had on them and still has on them. Labels suck.

]]> By: Mom2 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48298 Mom2 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:48:10 +0000 http://theexcellentadventure.com/elementalmom/2008/06/29/new-post-on-lwos-7/#comment-48298 That was cool. I love my "puter just for that reason. I start looking for something and before you know it, I have gone and found something else. Thank heavens for opening new windows, before I learned that I was always getting lost. That was cool. I love my “puter just for that reason. I start looking for something and before you know it, I have gone and found something else. Thank heavens for opening new windows, before I learned that I was always getting lost.

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