Kari Vermette

***Politeness is organized indifference.***
Not if it is genuine.
I enjoyed the article @ chores, thanks for sharing, I am all for that!

 



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From: Karen Swanay <luvbullbreeds@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 11:02:00 AM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Um..yuck





http://singleparent s.about.com/ od/homelife/ tp/chores. htm

Karen
Politeness is organized indifference.
Paul Valery






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Robin Bentley

On May 5, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Kari Vermette wrote:

> ***Politeness is organized indifference.***
> Not if it is genuine.

I think Karen is quoting Paul Valery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Val%c3%a9ry
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As he was a French intellectual, perhaps he was commenting on the
politeness of the early 20th century in Europe. It could have, indeed,
been "organized indifference" then. Maybe even now.

> I enjoyed the article @ chores, thanks for sharing, I am all for that!

Anyway, back to the article. I think it was presented as "not an
unschooling way" hence the "Um..yuck" subject.

If you are looking at becoming an unschooler, it might help to look at
different ways to view chores than the standard "chores teach
responsibility" approach. Here are some really good pages on just that
subject:

http://joyfullyrejoycing.com/influencing%20kid%20behavior/chores/kidsliveheretoo.html

http://sandradodd.com/chores/

Robin B.

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