SCHOOL KIDS
Dawn Falbe
My kids are going on a field trip in a couple of weeks and we were given
about 4 pages of questions for the kids to answer. These were put together
by the place that's doing the field trip. I'm sure they thought they were
doing us a favor and being very helpful... I just looked at them and thought
"I don't think we need to be testing them on what plants they saw and what
colors they are"... It will be interesting to see whether anyone whips that
out while on this trip as we are not just unschoolers.
Another incident today occurred when I was taking Zak to the Theatre (they
have a matinee series for schools). We go as a homeschooling group....
Someone asked Zak if he was homeschooled and he said "yes" they then asked
what grade he said "no grade I'm homeschooled"... "Oh" she said "you don't
do grades, how sweet" (in a condenscending manner).... I smiled and said
NOTHING...what an accomplishment for me....
There were tons of kids there all in a row, being told to stand still, be
quiet, stop talking, stay in line (this is outside the theatre)... Lots of
uniforms and 2 grown ups to about 20 kids, which I'm told is good (whatever
that means)...
Zak enjoyed Ballet Hispanico for a while and then asked when the acrobats
were coming on (a recent theatre trip).. when I told him that this was a
different show he said he'd stay but would prefer the acrobats. I gave him
the option of leaving, but he didn't want to... I thought about how those
other kids don't have that choice if they don't like it.
Dawn
We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Friday and there were a few
school groups there. I noticed that one of the groups had handed
out notebooks with questions that their students needed to answer.
I thought how sad that those children couldn't just relax and enjoy
the place. My children learn so much every time we visit - they
had to show Rob all their favorite places - he's been working too
much lately and hasn't been able to go with us. Rob and I were
much more relaxed when all the school groups left. I don't think
Megan and Alex even noticed them - the aquarium is much too interesting
for them!
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Dawn Falbe
Astrologer Coach
(520) 312-5300
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www.astrologerdawn.com
dawn@...
Enlightening you on how to discover and live your Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." - George
Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school" -
George Bernard Shaw
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about 4 pages of questions for the kids to answer. These were put together
by the place that's doing the field trip. I'm sure they thought they were
doing us a favor and being very helpful... I just looked at them and thought
"I don't think we need to be testing them on what plants they saw and what
colors they are"... It will be interesting to see whether anyone whips that
out while on this trip as we are not just unschoolers.
Another incident today occurred when I was taking Zak to the Theatre (they
have a matinee series for schools). We go as a homeschooling group....
Someone asked Zak if he was homeschooled and he said "yes" they then asked
what grade he said "no grade I'm homeschooled"... "Oh" she said "you don't
do grades, how sweet" (in a condenscending manner).... I smiled and said
NOTHING...what an accomplishment for me....
There were tons of kids there all in a row, being told to stand still, be
quiet, stop talking, stay in line (this is outside the theatre)... Lots of
uniforms and 2 grown ups to about 20 kids, which I'm told is good (whatever
that means)...
Zak enjoyed Ballet Hispanico for a while and then asked when the acrobats
were coming on (a recent theatre trip).. when I told him that this was a
different show he said he'd stay but would prefer the acrobats. I gave him
the option of leaving, but he didn't want to... I thought about how those
other kids don't have that choice if they don't like it.
Dawn
We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Friday and there were a few
school groups there. I noticed that one of the groups had handed
out notebooks with questions that their students needed to answer.
I thought how sad that those children couldn't just relax and enjoy
the place. My children learn so much every time we visit - they
had to show Rob all their favorite places - he's been working too
much lately and hasn't been able to go with us. Rob and I were
much more relaxed when all the school groups left. I don't think
Megan and Alex even noticed them - the aquarium is much too interesting
for them!
********************
Dawn Falbe
Astrologer Coach
(520) 312-5300
********************
www.astrologerdawn.com
dawn@...
Enlightening you on how to discover and live your Soul Purpose
"The people who get on in this world are people who get up and look for the
circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." - George
Bernard Shaw
"The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school" -
George Bernard Shaw
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Tia Leschke
>I was at the pool once when a big group of school kids was lining up to
>There were tons of kids there all in a row, being told to stand still, be
>quiet, stop talking, stay in line (this is outside the theatre)... Lots of
>uniforms and 2 grown ups to about 20 kids, which I'm told is good (whatever
>that means)...
leave. Those who wanted a drink of water were given 20 seconds (timed by
the teacher) for a drink. Never mind that some of them might have had a 45
second thirst.
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
Pam Hartley
Interesting thread.
A few weeks ago my Girl Scout assistant leader was doing a project with the
girls in which they were acting out scenes and showing how they would deal
with various difficult situations. One group of girls was handed the scene,
"Your friend is worried about failing a test, how would you help her?"
Picture Pam taking a befuddled Brittany by the hand to deliver a 30 second
whispered informative lecture on what the heck a TEST is. <g>
And then recently Brit said, "Miranda's Mom says she's grounded. What's
grounded?"
I answered, "It's barbaric, that's what it is." <g> Brit wished for a more
complete explanation so I filled her in...
Pam
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From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] SCHOOL KIDS
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 5:21 PM
leave. Those who wanted a drink of water were given 20 seconds (timed by
the teacher) for a drink. Never mind that some of them might have had a 45
second thirst.
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A few weeks ago my Girl Scout assistant leader was doing a project with the
girls in which they were acting out scenes and showing how they would deal
with various difficult situations. One group of girls was handed the scene,
"Your friend is worried about failing a test, how would you help her?"
Picture Pam taking a befuddled Brittany by the hand to deliver a 30 second
whispered informative lecture on what the heck a TEST is. <g>
And then recently Brit said, "Miranda's Mom says she's grounded. What's
grounded?"
I answered, "It's barbaric, that's what it is." <g> Brit wished for a more
complete explanation so I filled her in...
Pam
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From: Tia Leschke <leschke@...>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] SCHOOL KIDS
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 5:21 PM
>There were tons of kids there all in a row, being told to stand still, beI was at the pool once when a big group of school kids was lining up to
>quiet, stop talking, stay in line (this is outside the theatre)... Lots of
>uniforms and 2 grown ups to about 20 kids, which I'm told is good (whatever
>that means)...
leave. Those who wanted a drink of water were given 20 seconds (timed by
the teacher) for a drink. Never mind that some of them might have had a 45
second thirst.
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zenmomma *
>>And then recently Brit said, "Miranda's Mom says she's grounded. What'sCasey has a friend across the street who is a few years older. Casey thinks
>>grounded?"
>I answered, "It's barbaric, that's what it is." <g> Brit wished for a more
>complete explanation so I filled her in...>>
she is just the coolest kid. She is also being grounded right and left. So,
Casey thought it sounded oh so cool. She was insisting that I ground her
there for awhile so that she could be like Gabrielle.
~Mary
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