A Daniel update- the adventure of education

Rare is the day that goes by that I’m not grateful for the opportunity to home school Daniel.  Especially since I now see up close and personal how public schooling is done these days.  (The name of the game is pass the test.)
For kids with learning differences, I can think of nothing more damaging that [...]

Another brilliant Seth Godin post

Okay…here it comes….another Seth Godin commercial.  I love how he is able to look at something with such insight.  I wanted to post this one because it so speaks to my heart in regards to the foolishness behind many of the things our current educational models propagate.  (“Faux achievements” Ha!)
The Rule of High School
Any sufficiently overheated industry will [...]

Is it about school or learning?

I love what Seth Godin said on his blog the other day:
Should this be about school or about learning?
School was the big thing for a long time. School is tests and credits and notetaking and meeting standards. Learning, on the other hand, is ‘getting it’. It’s the conceptual breakthrough that permits the student to understand [...]

It’s time for a new educational model

While swimming at the Y the other day, I enjoyed watching a young kiddo getting swim lessons. Teacher and student alike were having a great time. The young teacher was offering gentle encouragement while their young apprentice mastered a new stroke.
I thought to myself what a brilliant picture of education in action. Here was a [...]

So how’s YOUR history?

I had a discussion with a mom last night who is considering homeschooling one of her kids next year. She asked me the usual questions but the one that made me wince was “What do you do for history?”
I talked about Beautiful Feet for American History….Story of the World for ancient history….museums….blah, blah. Little did [...]

The messiness of genius

The other day I asked Daniel to straighten out the tangle of chords that threatened to take over the living room.  The DSL line, the phone line, the extra length of the phone line, the lamp, the……
And in typical Daniel fashion, he attacked the task with gusto.  “Here ya go, mom!” he announced later with [...]

We did school on Christmas day

But shhhhhhhh! Don’t tell Daniel!  This is him soaking up all things telephone from the hand of an amazing  recognized Telephone Historian expert, Jim.
Daniel first met Mr. Jim and his lovely wife Laurel when we were antiquing a few years ago.  He picked up their business card from their antique phone display and called them [...]