gravity
Alan & Brenda Leonard
Here's a good unschooling story from my house today.
Breakfast is Tim's thinking time, I've decided. I eat my breakfast and get
on with cleaning up the living room/dining room area. Tim sits there an
plays with his food. I've quite hassling him about finishing it up already,
and mornings have become more relaxed. (Food was has been my hangup...)
So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity and
considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted". Like if he
was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. It was an
interesting monologue; my input was merely to laugh at the fun ideas he came
up with, and wonder silently when the heck he learned about gravity.
It just occurred to me this evening after he went to bed where he learned
about gravity: Calvin and Hobbs comic books. So from reading cartoons, he
discovered a scientific concept, considered how it affects his life, and
imagined how a change of it would change his life. Not bad for a comic
book!
Maybe I oughta buy him another one.
brenda
Breakfast is Tim's thinking time, I've decided. I eat my breakfast and get
on with cleaning up the living room/dining room area. Tim sits there an
plays with his food. I've quite hassling him about finishing it up already,
and mornings have become more relaxed. (Food was has been my hangup...)
So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity and
considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted". Like if he
was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. It was an
interesting monologue; my input was merely to laugh at the fun ideas he came
up with, and wonder silently when the heck he learned about gravity.
It just occurred to me this evening after he went to bed where he learned
about gravity: Calvin and Hobbs comic books. So from reading cartoons, he
discovered a scientific concept, considered how it affects his life, and
imagined how a change of it would change his life. Not bad for a comic
book!
Maybe I oughta buy him another one.
brenda
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Brenda,
They find knowledge in the oddest places, don't they??
I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
Hmm, maybe I'll give dd my books and see what she comes up with <grin>
Wende
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:32:35 +0100 Alan & Brenda Leonard
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They find knowledge in the oddest places, don't they??
I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
Hmm, maybe I'll give dd my books and see what she comes up with <grin>
Wende
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:32:35 +0100 Alan & Brenda Leonard
<abtleo@...> writes:
> Here's a good unschooling story from my house today.________________________________________________________________
>
> Breakfast is Tim's thinking time, I've decided. I eat my breakfast
> and get
> on with cleaning up the living room/dining room area. Tim sits
> there an
> plays with his food. I've quite hassling him about finishing it up
> already,
> and mornings have become more relaxed. (Food was has been my
> hangup...)
>
> So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity
> and
> considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted".
> Like if he
> was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. It was
> an
> interesting monologue; my input was merely to laugh at the fun ideas
> he came
> up with, and wonder silently when the heck he learned about
> gravity.
>
> It just occurred to me this evening after he went to bed where he
> learned
> about gravity: Calvin and Hobbs comic books. So from reading
> cartoons, he
> discovered a scientific concept, considered how it affects his life,
> and
> imagined how a change of it would change his life. Not bad for a
> comic
> book!
>
> Maybe I oughta buy him another one.
>
> brenda
>
>
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In a message dated 1/18/03 4:30:31 PM, abtleo@... writes:
<< So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity and
considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted". Like if he
was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. >>
One of Kurt Vonnegut's books deals with "variable gravity."
Slapstick.
It's probably not a good book to recommend to just anybody, as the repeated
byline is
"Take a flying f*** at a rolling donut;
taking a flying f*** at the moon."
But other than THAT <g> it's humor and philosophy and light science fiction.
It's one of my favorite books ever.
On heavy gravity days, the elevators had all crashed down and broken. Much
of civilization has fallen because gravity sometimes is so heavy that people
just lie on the ground and can't walk. But on light gravity days, people
piled cars into pyramids, and the main character says Washington threw a
silver dollar across the Potomac, but on a light gravity day, he can throw a
manhole cover across.
Sandra
<< So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity and
considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted". Like if he
was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. >>
One of Kurt Vonnegut's books deals with "variable gravity."
Slapstick.
It's probably not a good book to recommend to just anybody, as the repeated
byline is
"Take a flying f*** at a rolling donut;
taking a flying f*** at the moon."
But other than THAT <g> it's humor and philosophy and light science fiction.
It's one of my favorite books ever.
On heavy gravity days, the elevators had all crashed down and broken. Much
of civilization has fallen because gravity sometimes is so heavy that people
just lie on the ground and can't walk. But on light gravity days, people
piled cars into pyramids, and the main character says Washington threw a
silver dollar across the Potomac, but on a light gravity day, he can throw a
manhole cover across.
Sandra
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In a message dated 1/18/03 4:55:11 PM, love-it-here@... writes:
<< I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
<< I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
>>Everything is learning material!
Alan & Brenda Leonard
1/19/03 07:15:
House 5, which put me off him for a long time. Required reading for a
literature course. I wonder how many other authors have been ruined for
people reading them when they didn't wanna.
I'll check the library for it.
brenda
> One of Kurt Vonnegut's books deals with "variable gravity."Sounds fun. I think the only Kurt Vonnegut book I've ever read is Slaughter
> Slapstick.
House 5, which put me off him for a long time. Required reading for a
literature course. I wonder how many other authors have been ruined for
people reading them when they didn't wanna.
I'll check the library for it.
brenda
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/19/03 12:06:05 PM, abtleo@... writes:
<< I think the only Kurt Vonnegut book I've ever read is Slaughter
House 5, which put me off him for a long time. >>
I tried and couldn't finish it. VERY dark.
Slapstick isn't.
I liked Breakfast of Champions, too, for the Kilgore Trout stories.
Not as happy as Slapstick, but still silly/goofy/philosophical.
Sandra
<< I think the only Kurt Vonnegut book I've ever read is Slaughter
House 5, which put me off him for a long time. >>
I tried and couldn't finish it. VERY dark.
Slapstick isn't.
I liked Breakfast of Champions, too, for the Kilgore Trout stories.
Not as happy as Slapstick, but still silly/goofy/philosophical.
Sandra
Kelli Traaseth
Speaking of comics and Far Side,
My kids love the book _There's a Hair in My Dirt_ by Gary Larson. It's hilarious, tons of stuff on biology, environmental issues, bugs, animals..etc..
All told by a father worm whose son is sick of eating dirt..this is the son--
"I hate being a worm!" he screeched, his tiny body trembling. "We're the lowest of the low! Bottom of the food chain! Bird food! Fish bait! What kind of life is this, anyway? We never go swimming or camping or hiking or anything! Shoot, we never even go to the surface unless the rains flood us out! All we ever do is crawl around in the stupid ground. Oh, and how can I forget? We eat dirt! Dirt for breakfast, dirt for lunch, and dirt for dinner! Dirt, dirt, dirt! And look--now there's even a hair in my dirt! The final insult--I can't stand it any longer! I HATE BEING A WORM!"
Fun book!
Kelli
love-it-here@... wrote:Brenda,
They find knowledge in the oddest places, don't they??
I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
Hmm, maybe I'll give dd my books and see what she comes up with <grin>
Wende
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My kids love the book _There's a Hair in My Dirt_ by Gary Larson. It's hilarious, tons of stuff on biology, environmental issues, bugs, animals..etc..
All told by a father worm whose son is sick of eating dirt..this is the son--
"I hate being a worm!" he screeched, his tiny body trembling. "We're the lowest of the low! Bottom of the food chain! Bird food! Fish bait! What kind of life is this, anyway? We never go swimming or camping or hiking or anything! Shoot, we never even go to the surface unless the rains flood us out! All we ever do is crawl around in the stupid ground. Oh, and how can I forget? We eat dirt! Dirt for breakfast, dirt for lunch, and dirt for dinner! Dirt, dirt, dirt! And look--now there's even a hair in my dirt! The final insult--I can't stand it any longer! I HATE BEING A WORM!"
Fun book!
Kelli
love-it-here@... wrote:Brenda,
They find knowledge in the oddest places, don't they??
I'm a Far Side buff myself, but never thought of it as learning material.
Hmm, maybe I'll give dd my books and see what she comes up with <grin>
Wende
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:32:35 +0100 Alan & Brenda Leonard
<abtleo@...> writes:
> Here's a good unschooling story from my house today.________________________________________________________________
>
> Breakfast is Tim's thinking time, I've decided. I eat my breakfast
> and get
> on with cleaning up the living room/dining room area. Tim sits
> there an
> plays with his food. I've quite hassling him about finishing it up
> already,
> and mornings have become more relaxed. (Food was has been my
> hangup...)
>
> So, over the last of his breakfast, Tim was talking about gravity
> and
> considering what would happen if his "personal gravity shifted".
> Like if he
> was affected differently by gravity, either more or less. It was
> an
> interesting monologue; my input was merely to laugh at the fun ideas
> he came
> up with, and wonder silently when the heck he learned about
> gravity.
>
> It just occurred to me this evening after he went to bed where he
> learned
> about gravity: Calvin and Hobbs comic books. So from reading
> cartoons, he
> discovered a scientific concept, considered how it affects his life,
> and
> imagined how a change of it would change his life. Not bad for a
> comic
> book!
>
> Maybe I oughta buy him another one.
>
> brenda
>
>
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