Sandra Dodd

Aha! I didn't know this. "Tutor" isn't about teaching, it's about
being with someone. (As to the word's original root meaning, I mean.)


tutelage
This noun has a handful of jobs, all of which blend imperceptibly into
each other while never drifting too far from the Latin root tueri,
"look at, guard." Tutelage can be (1) what a tutor does, (2) what a
guardian does (i.e., guardianship), or what a trustee does (i.e.,
trusteeship).

As it has to do with trust and guardianship, if we guard our
children's learning space, maybe unschoolers can say with all honesty
that they tutor their children at home. <bwg>



Sandra

misskatenwa

Funny... :) I do say this from time to time, when talking with someone who has provided their anti-homeschooling stance, then ask about my kids, I say, "They're tutored."
:)

Kate

--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> Aha! I didn't know this. "Tutor" isn't about teaching, it's about
> being with someone. (As to the word's original root meaning, I mean.)
>
>
> tutelage
> This noun has a handful of jobs, all of which blend imperceptibly into
> each other while never drifting too far from the Latin root tueri,
> "look at, guard." Tutelage can be (1) what a tutor does, (2) what a
> guardian does (i.e., guardianship), or what a trustee does (i.e.,
> trusteeship).
>
> As it has to do with trust and guardianship, if we guard our
> children's learning space, maybe unschoolers can say with all honesty
> that they tutor their children at home. <bwg>
>
>
>
> Sandra
>

Katy Jennings

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-----Original Message-----
From: misskatenwa
Sent: 11/20/2009 10:17:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: Visual Thesaurus Word of the Day: tutelage


Funny... :) I do say this from time to time, when talking with someone who has provided their anti-homeschooling stance, then ask about my kids, I say, "They're tutored."
:)

Kate

--- In [email protected]<mailto:AlwaysLearning%40yahoogroups.com>, Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
>
> Aha! I didn't know this. "Tutor" isn't about teaching, it's about
> being with someone. (As to the word's original root meaning, I mean.)
>
>
> tutelage
> This noun has a handful of jobs, all of which blend imperceptibly into
> each other while never drifting too far from the Latin root tueri,
> "look at, guard." Tutelage can be (1) what a tutor does, (2) what a
> guardian does (i.e., guardianship), or what a trustee does (i.e.,
> trusteeship).
>
> As it has to do with trust and guardianship, if we guard our
> children's learning space, maybe unschoolers can say with all honesty
> that they tutor their children at home. <bwg>
>
>
>
> Sandra
>





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