| Integrity is a strong wholeness. The fabric of the being of a thing can't be broken. A bucket with one hole in it is lacking integrity. It's not a good bucket. A frayed rope lacks integrity. No matter how long or strong the rest of the rope is, that frayed part keeps it from being a good rope.
In people, integrity requires some degree of reliability and honesty (the more the better). Part of the integrity of some of the young adult and teen unschoolers I know comes from their having grown up relatively undamaged. They have a wholeness most young people are never allowed to have, or which is destroyed by the realities of school's grading system and its too-glorified "socialization." Here I would like to collect thoughts on and accounts of integrity. —Sandra Dodd
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It's exactly why every person who hopes to have a positive influence on
any other person needs to figure out how to find and maintain as much
integrity as possible.
Sandra
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This is a quote I will type out and tape around my house! I have been following the thread, despite no current WoW players in this home. For me, his principle ties so much of unschooling, which ties together living well.
This also addresses the root of the rut I fell into recently, and am climbing back from steadily. I am even thankful for the recent 'rut' and all the things I learned and continue to learn about integrity and what that means for me in relationship to others.
thanks,
Susan