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In a message dated 1/19/2004 10:56:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
> I had a kid watch me do calligraphy for a while one day and then snort
> as he
> left, "The PEN does it." Yes, I needed a particular kind of nib, but
> I was
> doing the writing with that pen, and people with weapons are using the
> weappons.
>

Different point - but it reminded me of my nephew watching me fix some
software problem on his computer - he watched intently for about 10
minutes and then I heard him in the other room telling his mom, "She
doesn't know how to fix it, she's just going to play around until
something happens to work."
**************
There's an old joke. A man calls a plumber to fix his sink. Plumber comes in,
whacks the pipes three times, and the problem's fixed. Plumber gives the man
a bill for $100.

The man is outraged. "All you did was whack the pipe three times!" he
screeches.

Plumber looks at the many thoughtfully, takes the bill and tears it up. Then
the plumber writes a new one:

Whacking on pipes: $1.00
Knowing where to whack: $99.00

The man paid the bill.

Kathryn


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