grammar and introduction
Madeline Kraskin
Hello all,
My name is Madeline. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and i've learned a lot.
So here's my two cents:
As far as a love of reading, my father loved to read and so do i. He said that i just taught myself when i was 4 yo. Years of schooling did not destroy my love. In fact, long before i even heard of unschooling, i was aware that learning to read before i went to school taught me that i did not *need* school to learn things.
My brother, who grew up in the same environment, however, does not really care about books.
Also, even though my father spoke grammatically, he did not obsess about grammar or go around proofreading signs and such. My stepmother, who worked as a writer, *did* do this, and so do i,
As far as math goes, there are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't!
By the way, i'm sending this from my cell phone!
Blessings,
Madeline
afloat on Biscayne Bay
My name is Madeline. I've been lurking for a couple of weeks and i've learned a lot.
So here's my two cents:
As far as a love of reading, my father loved to read and so do i. He said that i just taught myself when i was 4 yo. Years of schooling did not destroy my love. In fact, long before i even heard of unschooling, i was aware that learning to read before i went to school taught me that i did not *need* school to learn things.
My brother, who grew up in the same environment, however, does not really care about books.
Also, even though my father spoke grammatically, he did not obsess about grammar or go around proofreading signs and such. My stepmother, who worked as a writer, *did* do this, and so do i,
As far as math goes, there are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can't!
By the way, i'm sending this from my cell phone!
Blessings,
Madeline
afloat on Biscayne Bay
Sandra Dodd
-=-By the way, i'm sending this from my cell phone! -=-
Not too bad, except for the apostophes coming out as five-character
code.
-=-He said that i just taught myself when i was 4 yo. Years of
schooling did not destroy my love. In fact, long before i even heard
of unschooling, i was aware that learning to read before i went to
school taught me that i did not *need* school to learn things.-=-
A tweak to your thinking will give you a giant step toward
unschooling: If you rephrase in your head that you learned to read
when you were four (rather than you "taught yourself") then it will
be easier to see that you learned that you didn't need school, rather
than thinking that learning to read "taught you."
It will really make a difference.
http://sandradodd.com/wordswords
Sandra
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Not too bad, except for the apostophes coming out as five-character
code.
-=-He said that i just taught myself when i was 4 yo. Years of
schooling did not destroy my love. In fact, long before i even heard
of unschooling, i was aware that learning to read before i went to
school taught me that i did not *need* school to learn things.-=-
A tweak to your thinking will give you a giant step toward
unschooling: If you rephrase in your head that you learned to read
when you were four (rather than you "taught yourself") then it will
be easier to see that you learned that you didn't need school, rather
than thinking that learning to read "taught you."
It will really make a difference.
http://sandradodd.com/wordswords
Sandra
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alohabun
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
that "Children will learn...." and that never sat right with me. I
would like it to say, "Children will have the opportunity to
learn..." I will have to correct that! Laurie
> If you rephrase in your head that you learned to readI teach ballet at the local YMCA and in the class description, it says
> when you were four (rather than you "taught yourself") then it will
> be easier to see that you learned that you didn't need school,
>rather than thinking that learning to read "taught you."
>
that "Children will learn...." and that never sat right with me. I
would like it to say, "Children will have the opportunity to
learn..." I will have to correct that! Laurie