Archive for September, 2008

Playing Follow the Question

A couple of weeks ago as M (6yrs) was climbing a tree she asked if anyone in the world live in trees.
Drawing from my knowledge of ancient indigenous cultures in the modern world… I gave the obvious answer:
“I dunno!!”
It would have been easy to forget about it since she did not mention it again. But […]

If Schooling was reported in the Media

A very funny, albeit very sad article from the satirical online mag, the Onion:
 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss Of Formal Schooling
CARPENTERSVILLE, IL—Local first-grader Connor Bolduc, 6, experienced the first inkling of a coming lifetime of existential dread Monday upon recognizing his cruel destiny to participate in compulsory education for the better part of the next […]