arun on Sep 11 2008 | Filed under: 2 to 4 year old, 4 to 8 year old, natural learning, unschooling
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 […]
arun on Sep 02 2008 | Filed under: education, laugh, looking out
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 […]
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