Being the log and writings of the Daring Krewe of the good ship Zombie Princess... .
"The greatest expression
of rebellion is joy."
— Joss Whedon
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that
he is someone today."
— Stacia Taus
"Every day is a
once-in-a-lifetime adventure."
— Frank Maier
"Autodidacts are the shiznit."
— Chloe Maier
Cap'n Franko
KreweQueen Ronnie
Majestic MJ
ZombieFaerie Chloe
Remote Krewe: Chiara K-Dogg
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"Noah's ark is a problem." — River in "Firefly"
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Say "Yes!" to your kids!
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Full list of unschooling content
Some highlights:
Why Kids Don't Need School
"...they haven't needed school to develop the skills valued by school."
Accepting Kids As They Are
The why and the struggle
On Enjoying Teenagers
It's easy!
Unschooling in Difficult Times
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3 comments:
Oh, Ronnie. I just read that recent thread (this post made me curious) and I have to say... your words came across as patient to me.
Some folks showed up on your blog wanting to argue and fight and nitpick. I can't imagine why they'd want to do this, but they did. How frustrating.
Your willingness to listen and to take their comments seriously was both kind and tolerant. If there is anything to see in the "mirror" that your new "spiritual friends" provided, I hope (for you) it's this.
Thanks, Rebecca - it is nice to hear that I didn't come across as purely bitchy. But I did lead with attack, in my mind at the very least, and then had work to do to come back around to a point of actually discussing things. I don't know about the feelings of the people I disagreed with, but I know what that felt like inside me: yucky. This desire to do things differently if there's a next time (and there always seems to be a next time) is for self-care reasons as much as anything. It's too stressful to be in conflict.
Yes, I get that...
A friend of mine suggests "smile and nod" ... like those little nodding dogs that people used to put in their car's rear window. I haven't mastered it yet, unfortunately. And the times I do adopt that as my approach, I feel much less sticky at the end of it all.
BTW, I have this stuck underneath my computer screen. It's supposed to help me remember that I want my life to be more than a series of online conflicts with people I don't know and, quite frankly, don't need to agree with.
Someone is Wrong on the Internet
You've probably seen it already...
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