"Teaching" is a problem, in an unschooling light. Learning is the goal, and teaching gets in the way. |
photo by Leon McNeill, of Holly Dodd looking at the original Bayeux Tapestry,
in France in 2005
"Teaching" is a problem, in an unschooling light. Learning is the goal, and teaching gets in the way. |
If you've seen all the cool things on the shelves at your house, look at other people's shelves! |
There is a danger in living an entirely reactionary life. If you do everything the opposite of what your mom did, it's as bad as doing exactly what your mom did without knowing why. Be discriminating and thoughtful. Don't chuck the ghost of the baby you were out with the bathwater of your emotional memories. |
Light from the same sun.
Connections!
When you look as far to the east as you can see, what is the view? Turn around and look the other way, too.
Where you are is exotic to most of the rest of the world. Most other people will never see it. Knowing that your plainness is someone else's curiosity can make your life richer.
Sometimes, when you look, listen, taste, feel, smell, close your eyes and rest, remember that you are in one special place.
When you look as far to the east as you can see, what is the view? Turn around and look the other way, too.
Where you are is exotic to most of the rest of the world. Most other people will never see it. Knowing that your plainness is someone else's curiosity can make your life richer.
Sometimes, when you look, listen, taste, feel, smell, close your eyes and rest, remember that you are in one special place.
If you think that photo has been used before, you might be thinking of this one, from a different London city bus, at the same museum.
Our lives are peaceful, our pressures are self-inflicted and mostly optional, we’re free to visit historical sites when there are no crowds, to leave town during the week, to sleep late or have guests whenever it’s convenient for us, without regard to school’s schedule. |
A label will put a wall of words and fears and filters between a parent and a child.
from "Seeing your child, rather than a label,"
page 70, The Big Book of UnschoolingPhoto by Sandra Dodd, of the corner of a WWII bunker (or pillbox) at The Brooklands Museum in Surrey, in England. Full view was used on this blog September 29. Because it's near the Concorde, it's not much noticed. And it's not a display; it was there for the defense of the aircraft factory. **