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Kelli-
You are right! I have that book packed away somewhere. It's hilarious!
I'll have to dig it out for dd. My gosh. The grandparents will think I
really lost it seeing dd learn from Gary Larson! They already thought I
was nuts when they were learning about archeology when watching an
episode of King of the Hill! Somebody will probably tell me that there is
educational value in the Simpson's too!!!
Wende
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:52:47 -0800 (PST) Kelli Traaseth
<kellitraas@...> writes:
>
> 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
>
> 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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