"It costs nothing to voice appreciation, and yet is so incredibly valuable!"
—Amber Ivey
photo by Roya Dedeaux
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Speak!
"It costs nothing to voice appreciation, and yet is so incredibly valuable!"
photo by Roya Dedeaux
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It's all inside
Nothing on paper is learning. Nothing recited is learning. Nothing in a conversation is learning....
Learning is putting information together in one's own head so that it makes new and different sense. It always and only happens inside the learner.
photo by Lydia Koltai
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Monday, August 5, 2019
Share the glow
One of the best parts of unschooling (of deschooling, really) is reviewing childhood hurts and puzzlements, and NOT passing them on. By being kind to a child, we can feel that kindness for our own childhood selves, and share the glow.
photo by Holly Dodd
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Sunday, August 4, 2019
A better world
If by "change the world" a person means "make the world better," then step #1 must be to decide right then not to make the world worse.
Accidents sometimes make the world worse, and carelessness, and flukes of weather and acts of God. But if a personal decision makes the world worse, then what?
There are different levels of "oops"—didn't know, didn't think, forgot, didn't care, was pisssed off or drunk, was furious and wanted to do damage... What can be undone? What can be atoned for?
The world starts to get better when people stop making it worse, and a person's life starts to get better when he consciously decides to do what is better instead of what is worse in any given moment.Philosophy, or That's what it's all about!
photo by Amanda Maillett
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Accidents sometimes make the world worse, and carelessness, and flukes of weather and acts of God. But if a personal decision makes the world worse, then what?
There are different levels of "oops"—didn't know, didn't think, forgot, didn't care, was pisssed off or drunk, was furious and wanted to do damage... What can be undone? What can be atoned for?
The world starts to get better when people stop making it worse, and a person's life starts to get better when he consciously decides to do what is better instead of what is worse in any given moment.
photo by Amanda Maillett
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Saturday, August 3, 2019
Earn your children's trust
Live your life in such a way that other people will trust you. When you make decisions, make generous, selfless decisions so that others benefit. When you say something, do your best to say what is fair and right and true. When you write, write things you don't mind people taking out and sharing.
A person is only trustworthy if he has earned trust, if he is worthy of being trusted.
photo by Marty Dodd
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Friday, August 2, 2019
See what you weren't looking for
If you know what you hope to see, you might miss seeing what is showing itself.
Rejecting a Pre-Packaged Life
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Rejecting a Pre-Packaged Life
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Thursday, August 1, 2019
How Important is your child?
If your child is more important than your vision of your child, life becomes easier.
SandraDodd.com/priorities
photo by Sandra Dodd of Marty (in front) and Kirby (in red)
2019 Update:
A newer edition of The Big Book of Unschooling is available.
A wedge of the photo above appeared on the cover of the first edition.
photo by Sandra Dodd of Marty (in front) and Kirby (in red)
2019 Update:
A newer edition of The Big Book of Unschooling is available.
A wedge of the photo above appeared on the cover of the first edition.
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