Suzanna and Darrell

>the short answer is that clay tennis courts are made from crushed brick
>(which is made from... :-)

>have a good weekend all,
>peace,
>Susan



This thread reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago. I know I won't
get it quite right, but here is the jist of it:
There was a very poor woman in some country in central or South America. She
was talking to a wealthy, well educated man at her church that was visiting
from America. He had given a sermon on the importance of bettering one's lot
in life by making the best use of whatever resources you currently have
available. She spoke to him afterwards and wanted to know how she could do
that when she didn't even know how to read. He told her that she could learn
to read if she wanted to. He also asked her what she did in her free time
and she said that she sat on her stoop and watched the ants. He told her
that she should learn about those ants and her stoop then. So, she found
someone to teach her to read. Then she found out what kind of ants crawled
on her stoop. She studied all about them which led to her studying about
other types of ants. She wrote to this man to update him on her progress
each time she learned something new. She also asked around to find out just
how her stoop was made and what it was made out of. This led to a study of
bricks and different types of building constructions. She eventually went on
to write books about the things she had learned and making quite a bit of
money.

I may have the details not quite right, but the jist is that learning about
one thing kept leading to learning about something else. And a woman who
thought that she couldn't learn anything or make anything better out of her
life was able to do so. And she did it on her own. Kind of like unschooling,
don't you think?

Suzanna

susan marie

great story!
s.

On Friday, May 3, 2002, at 11:51 PM, Suzanna and Darrell wrote:

> >the short answer is that clay tennis courts are made from crushed brick
> >(which is made from... :-)
>
> >have a good weekend all,
> >peace,
> >Susan
>
>
>
> This thread reminds me of a story I heard a few years ago. I know I
> won't
> get it quite right, but here is the jist of it:
> There was a very poor woman in some country in central or South
> America. She
> was talking to a wealthy, well educated man at her church that was
> visiting
> from America. He had given a sermon on the importance of bettering
> one's lot
> in life by making the best use of whatever resources you currently have
> available. She spoke to him afterwards and wanted to know how she could
> do
> that when she didn't even know how to read. He told her that she could
> learn
> to read if she wanted to. He also asked her what she did in her free
> time
> and she said that she sat on her stoop and watched the ants. He told her
> that she should learn about those ants and her stoop then. So, she found
> someone to teach her to read. Then she found out what kind of ants
> crawled
> on her stoop. She studied all about them which led to her studying about
> other types of ants. She wrote to this man to update him on her progress
> each time she learned something new. She also asked around to find out
> just
> how her stoop was made and what it was made out of. This led to a study
> of
> bricks and different types of building constructions. She eventually
> went on
> to write books about the things she had learned and making quite a bit
> of
> money.
>
> I may have the details not quite right, but the jist is that learning
> about
> one thing kept leading to learning about something else. And a woman who
> thought that she couldn't learn anything or make anything better out of
> her
> life was able to do so. And she did it on her own. Kind of like
> unschooling,
> don't you think?
>
> Suzanna
>
>

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Hazy_lilly

That is a good story and I think it's like
unschooling. I am assuming the women was not a young
girl of 12. It shows how unschooling is for people of
all ages. It's never to late to learn new things and
start new adventures.

Hazel
--- Suzanna and Darrell <truealaskans@...>
wrote:
> >the short answer is that clay tennis courts are
> made from crushed brick
> >(which is made from... :-)
>
> >have a good weekend all,
> >peace,
> >Susan
>
>
>
> This thread reminds me of a story I heard a few
> years ago. I know I won't
> get it quite right, but here is the jist of it:
> There was a very poor woman in some country in
> central or South America. She
> was talking to a wealthy, well educated man at her
> church that was visiting
> from America. He had given a sermon on the
> importance of bettering one's lot
> in life by making the best use of whatever resources
> you currently have
> available. She spoke to him afterwards and wanted to
> know how she could do
> that when she didn't even know how to read. He told
> her that she could learn
> to read if she wanted to. He also asked her what she
> did in her free time
> and she said that she sat on her stoop and watched
> the ants. He told her
> that she should learn about those ants and her stoop
> then. So, she found
> someone to teach her to read. Then she found out
> what kind of ants crawled
> on her stoop. She studied all about them which led
> to her studying about
> other types of ants. She wrote to this man to update
> him on her progress
> each time she learned something new. She also asked
> around to find out just
> how her stoop was made and what it was made out of.
> This led to a study of
> bricks and different types of building
> constructions. She eventually went on
> to write books about the things she had learned and
> making quite a bit of
> money.
>
> I may have the details not quite right, but the jist
> is that learning about
> one thing kept leading to learning about something
> else. And a woman who
> thought that she couldn't learn anything or make
> anything better out of her
> life was able to do so. And she did it on her own.
> Kind of like unschooling,
> don't you think?
>
> Suzanna
>
>


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