Grame Family

I had to snicker. We haven't taught any of our kids to tie their shoes!
Our six and 1/2 year old has tried a few times but is just not interested.
Our 4 year old has never tried. I was just thinking a few months ago I
should really teach my oldest to tie them, but he has velcro shoes still.

Raven

> Subject: Re: RE: prek experience and the end result
>
> We live and we learn. I just remembered a bit ago that they left my sons
> shoes untied, because he wouldn't (couldn't) learn to tie them, at 4.
> ERRRRRR!
> syndi

Valerie

This past week, Laurie (age 24), broke her watch. I had an analog
watch that I haven't worn in a few years because frankly, I don't
care what time it is. :-) I offered it to her and she decided it was
time to learn how to tell time with an analog watch. She never saw
the need before because digital clocks/watches are everywhere. She's
pretty tight with her money, saving every penny for the next five
years as she'll be in grad school, so she doesn't want to go out and
buy a new digital watch. I 'could' have forced her to learn how to
read an analog clock years ago. I 'could' have shamed her about not
knowing how. This way was so much easier.

Like John Holt said, It's never too late to learn.

love, Valerie


--- In [email protected], Grame Family
<poochieville@c...> wrote:
> I had to snicker. We haven't taught any of our kids to tie their
shoes!
> Our six and 1/2 year old has tried a few times but is just not
interested.
> Our 4 year old has never tried. I was just thinking a few months
ago I
> should really teach my oldest to tie them, but he has velcro shoes
still.
>
> Raven
>
> > Subject: Re: RE: prek experience and the end result
> >
> > We live and we learn. I just remembered a bit ago that they left
my sons
> > shoes untied, because he wouldn't (couldn't) learn to tie them,
at 4.
> > ERRRRRR!
> > syndi

Dana Matt

--- I 'could' have forced her
> to learn how to
> read an analog clock years ago. I 'could' have
> shamed her about not
> knowing how. This way was so much easier.
>
> Like John Holt said, It's never too late to learn.
>
> love, Valerie

I was shamed and forced, and still can't *really* read
analog...not like "normal" people can....Right and
left are still a mystery to me, and shoe tying only
came after beoming proficient at knitting--and now I
can do it with my toes as well! (On other people's
shoes, of course)...Yet somehow I can still live in
the real world ;) Just don't ask me "do I turn left
or right?" or what time it is ;)
Dana
in Montana




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In a message dated 6/30/2004 12:05:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
hoffmanwilson@... writes:

....Right and
left are still a mystery to me, and shoe tying only
came after beoming proficient at knitting--and now I
can do it with my toes as well! (On other people's
shoes, of course)...


<<<<

You can tie shoes with your TOES???????

David Letterman's looking for you for his "Stupid Human Tricks"! <BWG>

~Kelly


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Deb Lewis

***Just don't ask me "do I turn left or right?" ***

My sister wears different colored shoe laces so she can tell left from
right. She's forty nine. <g>
When she tells time she says something like, "It's ten minutes past five
thirty."
She gets along just fine.

Deb Lewis

Dana Matt

I love your sister, Deb :) I've never met another
like me. I learned that when you hold your hands out,
your left hand makes an "L"....But I can still stare
at my hands for up to a minute to figure out which "L"
goes the right way!! lol...Did I also mention that I
read backwards as well as I read forwards? I'm sure
that adds to my dilema ;)

Dana
In Montana

--- Deb Lewis <ddzimlew@...> wrote:
> ***Just don't ask me "do I turn left or right?" ***
>
> My sister wears different colored shoe laces so she
> can tell left from
> right. She's forty nine. <g>
> When she tells time she says something like, "It's
> ten minutes past five
> thirty."
> She gets along just fine.
>
> Deb Lewis




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Dana Matt

> You can tie shoes with your TOES???????
>
> David Letterman's looking for you for his "Stupid
> Human Tricks"! <BWG>
>
> ~Kelly
>
LOL, thanks but I'll pass...maybe if it was called
"Brilliantly talented human tricks" :D
Dana
in Montana



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Tina

"Did I also mention that I read backwards as well as I read forwards?"

How interesting! My youngest daughter, Amie is 14, discovered that
she reads better upside down. I wonder what that's all about...

Tina

[email protected]

In a message dated 6/30/2004 12:34:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ddzimlew@... writes:

> Just don't ask me "do I turn left or right?"

I've lived in my house in a small neighborhood for 8 years now. To get to
the nearest grocery store, I turn left at the stop sign three house from mine.
and go six blocks and then turn right and I'm there.

However, once I get inside my house I have no idea which way the store is
from where I'm standing.
I think it's because I grew up in New Mexico next to mountains where I
could see for hundreds of miles. I now live in Florida surrounded by trees.

It's occasionally a problem because I get lost a lot!! Mostly, its a source
of amusement for my kids. We eventually get to where we're going and often
see a lot of extra places too...:-)

Gail


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[email protected]

Just wondering, did Laurie find it pretty easy with the analog time? I"ve
often noticed my oldest, that was taught (but apparently didn't learn) in
school that he always goes to our digital clocks. I'm glad you wrote what you
did, think i'll just not worry about it anymore!

syndi

"...since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it
is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn
out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able
to learn whatever needs to be learned."
-- _John Holt_ (http://www.quoteworld.org/author.php?thetext=John+Holt)


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Valerie

I just asked her and she said that since the battery in the watch
was dead and she hasn't had time to buy a new one, she has no idea
if it's going to be easy or not. She said she'd get to a store next
week and let you know. :-)

love, Valerie


--- In [email protected], Onesnotenough@a... wrote:
> Just wondering, did Laurie find it pretty easy with the analog
time? I"ve
> often noticed my oldest, that was taught (but apparently didn't
learn) in
> school that he always goes to our digital clocks. I'm glad you
wrote what you
> did, think i'll just not worry about it anymore!
>
> syndi
>
>

TreeGoddess

On Jun 30, 2004, at 8:13 PM, Onesnotenough@... wrote:

> Just wondering, did Laurie find it pretty easy with the analog time?
> I"ve
> often noticed my oldest, that was taught (but apparently didn't learn)
> in
> school that he always goes to our digital clocks.

I learned how to tell time well before going to school, however, the
only clock we had in our home had Roman numerals and so when I got to
school I couldn't figure out how to tell what time it was! LOL For a
while I didn't understand that it was the same thing but with the
"regular" Arabic numbers. Man, did that ever throw me for a loop. ;)
-Tracy-

[email protected]

In a message dated 7/1/2004 12:03:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
--- I 'could' have forced her
> to learn how to
> read an analog clock years ago. I 'could' have
> shamed her about not
> knowing how. This way was so much easier.
>
> Like John Holt said, It's never too late to learn.
>
> love, Valerie

I was shamed and forced, and still can't *really* read
analog...not like "normal" people can....Right and
left are still a mystery to me, and shoe tying only
came after beoming proficient at knitting--and now I
can do it with my toes as well! (On other people's
shoes, of course)...Yet somehow I can still live in
the real world ;) Just don't ask me "do I turn left
or right?" or what time it is ;)
*******************************************************
I had an evil teacher in elementary school who discovered I couldn't read an
analog clock. Her solution? She announced my deficiency to the class, and told
them that they were going to "help me" by spontaneously asking me what time
it was. Many of my fellow students took great pleasure in "helping me."

Hmmm....times like that make me wonder how I managed not to off myself before
the age of 11.
Kathryn


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Dana Matt

> However, once I get inside my house I have no idea
> which way the store is
> from where I'm standing.
> I think it's because I grew up in New Mexico next
> to mountains where I
> could see for hundreds of miles. I now live in
> Florida surrounded by trees.

My husband is like this, too...Couldn't navigate his
way out of a paper bag! lol

I always know which way is North and South, and I am
never lost, but I will wave a hand at you and say
"turn this way" when giving directions, as I can't
figure which hand I'm holding up ;) I've tried "turn
north", but that screws EVERYONE else up ;)
Dana
in Montana



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April M

That is so me! I don't seem to have the ability to create an internal map.
I've long since learned to follow directions and never go on what "feels
right"....because if it feel right to me, we're certainly lost!!! It's
always an adventure driving with me! And my oldest, who is now driving
seems to have inherited the same problem....my husband just shakes his
head...he can't comprehend.

~April
Mom to Kate-17, Lisa-15, Karl-13, & Ben-8.
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minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think." ~~ Robert
Hutchins





-----Original Message-----
From: gailbrocop@... [mailto:gailbrocop@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 7:34 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] choosing when to learn something


In a message dated 6/30/2004 12:34:07 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ddzimlew@... writes:

> Just don't ask me "do I turn left or right?"

I've lived in my house in a small neighborhood for 8 years now. To get to
the nearest grocery store, I turn left at the stop sign three house from
mine.
and go six blocks and then turn right and I'm there.

However, once I get inside my house I have no idea which way the store is
from where I'm standing.
I think it's because I grew up in New Mexico next to mountains where I
could see for hundreds of miles. I now live in Florida surrounded by
trees.

It's occasionally a problem because I get lost a lot!! Mostly, its a
source
of amusement for my kids. We eventually get to where we're going and
often
see a lot of extra places too...:-)

Gail


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