tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post7880374290303519130..comments2023-12-02T02:30:41.503-06:00Comments on The Family Revised: Now My Planning Will Come to a Halt So I Can ThinkBrendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13893224927335285415noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-74629939385769396032009-05-05T15:48:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:48:00.000-05:00I'm so glad to hear you took notes. I should have!...I'm so glad to hear you took notes. I should have! I might watch it again and do just that b/c there was so much going on in my head!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893224927335285415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-25480331607731351822009-05-05T15:16:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:16:00.000-05:00Okay, my above comment, when previewed, looked mu...Okay, my above comment, when previewed, looked much different, more coherent and organized. Not quite sure what went wrong when I clicked publish.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-87580930192262112402009-05-05T15:14:00.000-05:002009-05-05T15:14:00.000-05:00Brenda,
Oh my gosh, gosh, gosh! There was so much ...Brenda,<br />Oh my gosh, gosh, gosh! There was so much about this that spoke to me. One of the big ones was (and yes, I was taking notes!):<br /><br /><I>In school you are taught the most useful sibjects for work. If you're good at art or dance...you're told that you'll never get a job doing that</I>I remember being in an AP english class when I was 15 years old and in 10th grade. I could write an "A" paper on the way to school on the bus. My teacher (one of the best I ever had in all my years of school) would go on and on about my diction, phrasing and how I used alliteration. "A gifted writer" she would say. She really encouraged me. Everyone else said <B>"You'll never get a job doing that"</B>. <B>"Dreams are great, but they won't pay the bills"</B>. So I let it go, majored in business, failed intro accounting and was on academic probation by the end of the first semester.<br /><br />Other parts I enjoyed:<br /><br />~<I>ADHD hadn't been invented yet</I>~<I>How schools educate us out of creativity</I>~The dancer who, thanks to the wise doctor, was introduced through dance to people like herself: who had to move to think. (How many kids who need to move to think are suffering through our one size fits all approach to education?)<br /><br />~If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.<br /><br />Heads up: I will probably and most certainly link to this video in the near future. I'll give you a hat tip, of course.<br /><br />Thanks for linking to this Brenda.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-64916366397201855052009-05-05T14:16:00.000-05:002009-05-05T14:16:00.000-05:00I've watched this before--very good food for thoug...I've watched this before--very good food for thought. I think I'll watch again later tonight. :)Sherry Gannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10742851668841481063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-21347277619581730652009-05-05T11:55:00.000-05:002009-05-05T11:55:00.000-05:00No, that's the point Mrs. W. And I was talking abo...No, that's the point Mrs. W. And I was talking about Sweetheart when I said art, but he talked more about "the arts" which encompasses much, much more. Creativty, really, was his focus.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893224927335285415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-50613368138607709152009-05-05T11:39:00.000-05:002009-05-05T11:39:00.000-05:00What do you do for a child that isn't into art? Al...What do you do for a child that isn't into art? All this stuff sounds good on the surface, but schooling needs to be individulized for EACH child, not even what we think is the best will work for every child.Katy-Anne Binsteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528465833214550644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686582774155973298.post-2441395512224985772009-05-05T11:33:00.000-05:002009-05-05T11:33:00.000-05:00Looking forward to watching the video. And I reall...Looking forward to watching the video. And I really appreciate your homeschooling isights, Brenda. More than you will probably ever know.Elspeth https://www.blogger.com/profile/17495546895657214080noreply@blogger.com