A little math - a little politics
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
Lots of ruffled feathers about political stuff, so it might help
to re-frame the political issue as an opportunity to see where
you in fact fall on the spectrum and to play with a little
geometry - kinda an unschooling trip down the side path:
Geometry of the Nolan Chart:
http://www.friesian.com/quizmath.htm
Analysis of the Nolan Chart:
http://www.friesian.com/quiz.htm
An education oriented Nolan Quiz:
http://www.sepschool.org/NEP/index2.htm
Saturday after a birthday party a mom I know asked if I had time
to talk about homeschooling. She had taken her 5 y.o. to register
at the local ps to discover that no matter how much the child
already knew, she would have to be in kindergarten and would not
be allowed to read books while the other kids learned their
letters. Her first question was "Where do you buy the
curriculum?" It was a fairly long conversation thereafter, LOL.
Among other things I asked her what she wanted to accomplish by
avoiding public school. One of her comments was pretty
interesting in the context of the discussions here (paraphrased):
"I see lots of homeschool kids involved in and understanding
politics better than I do - I want my daughter to have the
courage of her political convictions."
We are in Tennessee and have had a remarkable run of grassroots
political activism here for the last 3 years, so there have been
more opportunities for political issues to catch the imagination
of the kids, but isn't that an interesting alternative view?
to re-frame the political issue as an opportunity to see where
you in fact fall on the spectrum and to play with a little
geometry - kinda an unschooling trip down the side path:
Geometry of the Nolan Chart:
http://www.friesian.com/quizmath.htm
Analysis of the Nolan Chart:
http://www.friesian.com/quiz.htm
An education oriented Nolan Quiz:
http://www.sepschool.org/NEP/index2.htm
Saturday after a birthday party a mom I know asked if I had time
to talk about homeschooling. She had taken her 5 y.o. to register
at the local ps to discover that no matter how much the child
already knew, she would have to be in kindergarten and would not
be allowed to read books while the other kids learned their
letters. Her first question was "Where do you buy the
curriculum?" It was a fairly long conversation thereafter, LOL.
Among other things I asked her what she wanted to accomplish by
avoiding public school. One of her comments was pretty
interesting in the context of the discussions here (paraphrased):
"I see lots of homeschool kids involved in and understanding
politics better than I do - I want my daughter to have the
courage of her political convictions."
We are in Tennessee and have had a remarkable run of grassroots
political activism here for the last 3 years, so there have been
more opportunities for political issues to catch the imagination
of the kids, but isn't that an interesting alternative view?
KT
>Oh yeah? What part of TN?
>
>***We are in Tennessee ***and have had a remarkable run of grassroots
>political activism here for the last 3 years, so there have been
>more opportunities for political issues to catch the imagination
>of the kids, but isn't that an interesting alternative view?
>
When you say activism, you're not meaning in the homeschooling
regulation arena, are you?
Tuck
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
On the ridge in Sumner county - North Middle TN, where the shores
of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots refers
to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more than
enough to hijack any list, LOL!
of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots refers
to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more than
enough to hijack any list, LOL!
----- Original Message -----
From: "KT" <Tuck@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] A little math - a little
politics
| >
| >
| >***We are in Tennessee ***and have had a remarkable run of
grassroots
| >political activism here for the last 3 years, so there have
been
| >more opportunities for political issues to catch the
imagination
| >of the kids, but isn't that an interesting alternative view?
| >
| Oh yeah? What part of TN?
|
| When you say activism, you're not meaning in the homeschooling
| regulation arena, are you?
|
| Tuck
KT
>Ah. I'm in MElvis (may he rest in peace--but not during Elvis week).
>
>On the ridge in Sumner county - North Middle TN, where the shores
>of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots refers
>to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more than
>enough to hijack any list, LOL!
>
So are fer or agin'?
Tuck
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
agin
----- Original Message -----
From: "KT" <Tuck@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] A little math - a little
politics
| >
| >
| >On the ridge in Sumner county - North Middle TN, where the
shores
| >of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots
refers
| >to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more
than
| >enough to hijack any list, LOL!
| >
|
| Ah. I'm in MElvis (may he rest in peace--but not during Elvis
week).
|
| So are fer or agin'?
|
| Tuck
|
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KT
>So, what I mean is...are YOU for or against the income tax? :)
>
>On the ridge in Sumner county - North Middle TN, where the shores
>>of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots refers
>>to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more than
>>enough to hijack any list, LOL!
>>
>
>
>Ah. I'm in MElvis (may he rest in peace--but not during Elvis week).
>
>So are fer or agin'?
>
>Tuck
>
Tuck
Nora or Devereaux Cannon
We are opposed here - I'll PEM more, since I don't think we have
enough TN'eans to warrant an on list exploration, however
innerestin' the topic is intellectually.
enough TN'eans to warrant an on list exploration, however
innerestin' the topic is intellectually.
----- Original Message -----
From: "KT" <Tuck@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] A little math - a little
politics
| >
| >
| >On the ridge in Sumner county - North Middle TN, where the
shores
| >>of the Gulf of Mexico used to be. ... and the grassroots
refers
| >>to the income tax issue, about which I could post far more
than
| >>enough to hijack any list, LOL!
| >>
| >
| >
| >Ah. I'm in MElvis (may he rest in peace--but not during Elvis
week).
| >
| >So are fer or agin'?
| >
| >Tuck
| >
| So, what I mean is...are YOU for or against the income tax? :)
|
| Tuck
|
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