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Category Archives: learning

Ant Rant

30-Jun-08

Lynn over at
Bore Me to Tears (the blog that asks if you’re an Ant trying to understand the Internet) posted about whether or not kids should be tested for knowledge and I wrote a comment that threatened to turn into a short novel, so I figured I’d better post here instead. First of all, [...]

Instead of School

07-Nov-07

When people ask me what we do instead of school, I hardly know where to begin. If they’re parents of public schooled kids, I know that they probably think we sit down for lessons at 8, break for lunch and then do more lessons until 2:30. Or they think that we’re slackers and just goof [...]

Balance. It’s Not Just for Checkbooks Anymore

30-Oct-07

There’s a lot of talk about balance nowadays. We’re supposed to have it in our lives and in our families and in our priorities. We’re supposed to balance work with play and family time with mommy time. Every other magazine article you read lately is telling you how much time is enough to spend on [...]