Brenda Rose

Re: Todays Math moment

1.< Its not much, but it says a lot for kids learning on thier own, of thier
own
curiousity. >
<Its funnny how
even $.14 candy bar can teach so much>
>
> Teresa
>
Thanks. You said it's not much, but it's a wonderful example - lots of
math, lots of different ages interacting, and best of all, those delicious
candy bars, right?

2.> > Paula used the phrase "love to learn." I think I'd rather they "learn
to
> > love."
>
> Luckily, they don't have to choose.
>
> Paula
>
Touche. Sorry, I see now that sounded rude. I didn't mean to.


3.<thought a good way to learn that stuff was the pool table. >

Hooray! That's how I learned about angles in high school. But I'm not very
good at it either.


4. here's a little essay I wrote sometime back when the question was posed
> "What do you hope your children will have gotten from unschooling when
> they're grown?"
> Which to me is a different question than what my goals are:
>
>
> This was originally a post at unschooling dotcom email list:
>
> What do you hope your kids will have gotten from unschooling by the time
> they're ready to move on from home?
>
> Ren's reply:
> My main goal was that their sense of self would be so strongly intact that
> the world could not rob their joy, their uniqueness and thier natural
> curiosity.
> Beyond that.....
> That the status quo will not matter so much to them as what is good and
> right. That they
> would have a deep seeded knowledge in their hearts that they are
intelligent,
> capable human beings and can learn anything they wish. A sense of wonder
so
> awesome
> that they will never quit seeing how magical the world truly is. Have
> idealism
> tempered with realism. Spirituality that flows natrually and freely from
a
> loving heart and
> posses kindness rare. The ability to follow their dreams and achieve
their
> goals,
> whatever those may be.
>
> And how do you plan to help that along?
>
> It humbles me to think about this. I came out of High School battered
> emotionally, not knowing who I was or what I realy wanted. And fifteen
years
> later, here I am
> spouting off ideals for my children that I couldn't have dreamed of at the
> time.
> I will help that along by becoming a better person myself.
> By reading , watching , searching and regaining that sense of wonder,
which
> my children have helped me with already.
> By delving deep into questions and not pretending I know more than them.
> By being willing to set everything aside, change plans midstream and go
off
> in a new direction when necessary.
> By listening carefully and responding appropriately.
> By respecting these amazing beings I've been entrusted with and the inner
> knowledge they already possess.
> By dialoguing with them, these matters of the heart and showing love to
the
> earth and my fellow human beings.
> By filling my home with books, movies, music, instruments, nature, toys,
art
> materials and whatever oddities my children bring home.
> By taking them to the places they want to go and ones they never knew
> existed.
> By fixing them new and exciting foods from other countries and making
trips
> to the grocery store an adventure.
> By making every day an adventure, by my attitude, every mundane chore or
> daily activity sacred by how I approach it.
> Healing myself has definitely been the most important step in assisting
these
> worthy individuals in their unschooling journey. I have learned much from
> them
> thank the heavens they came here to teach me.
> Ren 5/02
>
This is beautiful.. Thanks, Ren.


Brenda Rose

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In a message dated 1/13/03 6:47:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rosebl@... writes:

> Thanks. You said it's not much, but it's a wonderful example - lots of
> math, lots of different ages interacting, and best of all, those delicious
> candy bars, right?
>

Yeah, thats right, Brenda.. we failed to calculate the calories and amount of
exercise we need to burn them off :-)


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