WARNING: Do NOT read this or any other blog post if you are participating in Learn Nothing Day. Learning may ensue.Everything is connected, and everything counts. If I needed proof of these two maxims of unschooling, I found it this morning in this little pile of books that has accumulated on our overflowing bookshelves:
The Book of General Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson - A fascinating little book devoted to correcting some common misconceptions. For example, who invented the telephone? Alexander Bell probably stole Antonio Meucci's models from the lab at Western Union.
Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman - An exploration of the evolution of the text of the Bible. For example, it appears that mentions of Jesus getting angry have been softened up or eliminated, such as the evidence that indicates that Mark 1:41 originally said that when the leper approached Jesus to be healed, Jesus became angry.
The Greek Myths: I by Robert Graves
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks - A must-have for every home.
Travellers China by George McDonald
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things by Cy Tymony - Instructions for making clever devices from things like sugar cubes, aluminum foil, and toilet paper rolls.
How are the books in this quirky collection connected? I'm not really sure except that they all found their way into our house, and, judging by their being piled together on the edge of a shelf, they have all been used in the recent past. That's unschooling for you.
2 comments:
Haha love the connection. :)
I have Misquoting Jesus in my tiny little book/cupboard above our bed. One of these days I'll read it. :)
And I don't participate in LND. I simply can't stand failing. ;)
Terrific post. Sounds just like our home.
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