Re: [unschoolingbasics] Video Games
Nance Confer
There are a few links here:
http://www.parentdirectededucation.org/Thinking%20Parent/thinking%
20parent/Video%20Games.htm
Good luck.
Nance
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 03:10 +0000, [email protected]
wrote:
http://www.parentdirectededucation.org/Thinking%20Parent/thinking%
20parent/Video%20Games.htm
Good luck.
Nance
On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 03:10 +0000, [email protected]
wrote:
> Our homeschool group (which is not unschooling) wants to ban/limit
> handheld video games. I need some positive information/articles on
> handheld video games to bring to a meeting tonight.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marla
Deborah Greenspan
I can attest to the satiate them and they will be ready for other things-
theory. It worked for us with computer games. Can I apply the same theory to
other hobbies versus all academics? We are almost into high school, and I
worry about the academics. DD says she wants to be a vet. Perspective?
All the best,
Deborah
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theory. It worked for us with computer games. Can I apply the same theory to
other hobbies versus all academics? We are almost into high school, and I
worry about the academics. DD says she wants to be a vet. Perspective?
All the best,
Deborah
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Greenspan <dgreens1@...>
I can attest to the satiate them and they will be ready for other
things-
theory. It worked for us with computer games. Can I apply the same
theory to
other hobbies versus all academics? We are almost into high school, and
I
worry about the academics. DD says she wants to be a vet. Perspective?
-=-=-=-
I'm not sure I understand the question.
Be satiated with hobbies and start academics?
Maybe.
At 19 (and well...starting at 17-18), Cameron has become pretty
interested in academics. He's taking a Sociology of Religion class at
the University and has "homework" for the first time since leaving
school 7-8 year ago. He's concerned with grammar and spelling and
vocabulary. He's suddenly reading...a lot. So, yeah, it can happen.
But as for being a vet:
What ARE her hobbies? If she's consumed by animals, that's a great
segue into vet academics. Training, showing, breeding.
I've suggested it so many times that people are beginning to think I'm
a mass murderer-in-training <g>, but how about picking up roadkill and
dissecting it? Collect roadkill and look inside, boil down to skeletons
and compare and contrast the different species. Collect skulls. Keep
notebooks/journals. BE interesting to vet schools. Have a huge
portfolio of documentation.
One of the first classes in many undergraduate programs is animal
production and knowing all the different breeds of cattle, pigs, goats,
sheep, and horses.
Her "hobbies" can take her *very* far in vetmed, depending on the
hobbies.
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org
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From: Deborah Greenspan <dgreens1@...>
I can attest to the satiate them and they will be ready for other
things-
theory. It worked for us with computer games. Can I apply the same
theory to
other hobbies versus all academics? We are almost into high school, and
I
worry about the academics. DD says she wants to be a vet. Perspective?
-=-=-=-
I'm not sure I understand the question.
Be satiated with hobbies and start academics?
Maybe.
At 19 (and well...starting at 17-18), Cameron has become pretty
interested in academics. He's taking a Sociology of Religion class at
the University and has "homework" for the first time since leaving
school 7-8 year ago. He's concerned with grammar and spelling and
vocabulary. He's suddenly reading...a lot. So, yeah, it can happen.
But as for being a vet:
What ARE her hobbies? If she's consumed by animals, that's a great
segue into vet academics. Training, showing, breeding.
I've suggested it so many times that people are beginning to think I'm
a mass murderer-in-training <g>, but how about picking up roadkill and
dissecting it? Collect roadkill and look inside, boil down to skeletons
and compare and contrast the different species. Collect skulls. Keep
notebooks/journals. BE interesting to vet schools. Have a huge
portfolio of documentation.
One of the first classes in many undergraduate programs is animal
production and knowing all the different breeds of cattle, pigs, goats,
sheep, and horses.
Her "hobbies" can take her *very* far in vetmed, depending on the
hobbies.
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org
________________________________________________________________________
Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! -
http://mail.aol.com
Meredith
--- In [email protected], "Deborah Greenspan"
<dgreens1@...> wrote:
place to check. Or maybe he'd like to start a grooming business (the
holidays might be a good time to try it out) to get his hand in and get
used to handling other people's animals. If he's interested in larger
critters, look for a local CSA or organic farm that has livestock. Or
join 4H and do an animal husbadry project.
Support his desire to work with animals Right Now, rather than worrying
about what he needs to get into vet school. He *needs* to know what
handling animals is like, more than anything else, if you think about
it. If he continues to love it, he'll *want* to do the work to find out
about the science.
I have a friend who is finishing up a degree in Agriculture and looking
into grad school. He's not thrilled about school, but he fell in love
with dairy farming hanging around at a local commune. He now has a
small herd of goats and a couple cows and runs a local meat and dairy
CSA - all the while attending school. Pretty amazing. But he didn't
leave high-school thinking "I want to be a dairy farmer". It wasn't
until he got to spend some time up close and personal with livestock
that he discovered his passion - and that passion has put him in the
last two places he ever imagined he'd be: on a farm and in a classroom.
---Meredith (Mo 6, Ray 14)
<dgreens1@...> wrote:
>Can I apply the same theory toand I
> other hobbies versus all academics? We are almost into high school,
> worry about the academics. DD says she wants to be a vet. Perspective?Can he do some volunteering with animals? A local shelter would be a
place to check. Or maybe he'd like to start a grooming business (the
holidays might be a good time to try it out) to get his hand in and get
used to handling other people's animals. If he's interested in larger
critters, look for a local CSA or organic farm that has livestock. Or
join 4H and do an animal husbadry project.
Support his desire to work with animals Right Now, rather than worrying
about what he needs to get into vet school. He *needs* to know what
handling animals is like, more than anything else, if you think about
it. If he continues to love it, he'll *want* to do the work to find out
about the science.
I have a friend who is finishing up a degree in Agriculture and looking
into grad school. He's not thrilled about school, but he fell in love
with dairy farming hanging around at a local commune. He now has a
small herd of goats and a couple cows and runs a local meat and dairy
CSA - all the while attending school. Pretty amazing. But he didn't
leave high-school thinking "I want to be a dairy farmer". It wasn't
until he got to spend some time up close and personal with livestock
that he discovered his passion - and that passion has put him in the
last two places he ever imagined he'd be: on a farm and in a classroom.
---Meredith (Mo 6, Ray 14)
Meredith
Er, that should all be "she" sorry!
---Mer
---Mer
Lisa
I had to chuckle when I read the road kill thing.... I have always
said that my grandmother and my father for that matter are "natural"
unschoolers. My grandmother had a way about her that every kid she
came into contact with desired her attention...you just wanted to
drink in anything she said or was interested in. I remember the way
her eyes would light up when she shared some new tidbit of information
she learned somewhere. She was fascinated with EVERYTHING! At any
rate when my dad was in high school he had to do an animal anatomy
project for biology. Lots of kids were doing models and so forth. He
and a buddy (his best buddy in life who continues to be his best
friend now that they are 65!) found a cat that had died from natural
causes it seemed somewhere in their neighborhood. They set up a
kettle in the backyard and boiled the deceased cat down so they could
extract the bones which they reassembled. They had a very cool
project of a cat skeleton. The other mothers were HORRIFIED that my
grandmother had allowed them to do that in her own backyard!! (think
very proper small southern town back yard of a very proper southern
lady!) Anyway she even gave them hotdogs to roast over their fire
during the process and helped them find books to help with the
assembly.
*sigh* I just realized once again how much I miss her!
Lisa Blocker
said that my grandmother and my father for that matter are "natural"
unschoolers. My grandmother had a way about her that every kid she
came into contact with desired her attention...you just wanted to
drink in anything she said or was interested in. I remember the way
her eyes would light up when she shared some new tidbit of information
she learned somewhere. She was fascinated with EVERYTHING! At any
rate when my dad was in high school he had to do an animal anatomy
project for biology. Lots of kids were doing models and so forth. He
and a buddy (his best buddy in life who continues to be his best
friend now that they are 65!) found a cat that had died from natural
causes it seemed somewhere in their neighborhood. They set up a
kettle in the backyard and boiled the deceased cat down so they could
extract the bones which they reassembled. They had a very cool
project of a cat skeleton. The other mothers were HORRIFIED that my
grandmother had allowed them to do that in her own backyard!! (think
very proper small southern town back yard of a very proper southern
lady!) Anyway she even gave them hotdogs to roast over their fire
during the process and helped them find books to help with the
assembly.
*sigh* I just realized once again how much I miss her!
Lisa Blocker
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> I'm not sure I understand the question.
>
> Be satiated with hobbies and start academics?
>
> Maybe.
>
> At 19 (and well...starting at 17-18), Cameron has become pretty
> interested in academics. He's taking a Sociology of Religion class at
> the University and has "homework" for the first time since leaving
> school 7-8 year ago. He's concerned with grammar and spelling and
> vocabulary. He's suddenly reading...a lot. So, yeah, it can happen.
>
> But as for being a vet:
>
> What ARE her hobbies? If she's consumed by animals, that's a great
> segue into vet academics. Training, showing, breeding.
>
> I've suggested it so many times that people are beginning to think I'm
> a mass murderer-in-training <g>, but how about picking up roadkill and
> dissecting it? Collect roadkill and look inside, boil down to skeletons
> and compare and contrast the different species. Collect skulls. Keep
> notebooks/journals. BE interesting to vet schools. Have a huge
> portfolio of documentation.
>
> One of the first classes in many undergraduate programs is animal
> production and knowing all the different breeds of cattle, pigs, goats,
> sheep, and horses.
>
> Her "hobbies" can take her *very* far in vetmed, depending on the
> hobbies.
>
>
> ~Kelly
>
> Kelly Lovejoy
> Conference Coordinator
> Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
> http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org
>
>
>
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