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Table of
Contents January/February 2005
The Editor's Journal - The Trouble With Perfection by Wendy Priesnitz
- Spontaneity is one of the great strengths of little children but it withers
away as many people age, due to the impulse for perfection.
The Cardboard Box Theory by Debbie Harbeson - A humorous look at
one family's path toward self-directed learning...and the way they ended up
using curriculum catalogs.
Nurturing
Everyday Genius by John Taylor Gatto - Our education system was
invented to fuel consumption, not to help people become self-sufficient or
nurture their talents.
Stickers by
David Albert - Finding challenge and satisfaction in learning is easier if
you're not always seeking external rewards or avoiding punishment.
Zen and the Art of
Unschooling Math by Rachel Gathercole - Observations on how children
who have never had a math lesson learn advanced mathematical concepts.
Dancing Into the
Future by Gretchen Kemman - A teenaged independent learner who is a
member of the Boston Ballet shares, along with his mother, thoughts on his
chosen career.
A Rejected Child and
the Volcano by Naomi Aldort - It is tempting to "teach"
children to play peacefully together. Yet, cajoling and convincing does not help
them learn acceptance or mutual care.
The Life Learning
Mystery Tour by Jan Fortune-Wood - Living and learning by consent is
about a process that is creative, reasoned, moral and enlightening, but you
can't know its ends at the outset.
Grown Without
Schooling by Peter Kowalke - A column by a grown unschooler who
interviews other adult unschoolers about what they are doing and thinking now.
Some Graduation
Thoughts by Pat Montgomery - Celebrating the success of young people
who chose to be educated in the real world, rather than in a lock-step,
spoon-fed, closed-off world.
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