Paula Sjogerman

on 2/9/03 9:14 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> Thanks for all the rock ideas, everyone! I will try not to go overboard with
> him but throw out a few suggestions. Unfortunately it is a tad too cold in the
> Chicago area for a nature walk right now, for me it definitely is anyway.

You do know about Dave's Rock Shop in Evanston, right?

Paula

Alan & Brenda Leonard

2/10/03 04:14:

> Is this a common problem for any one else? Mine is always
> loaded with art supplies paintings paper cds etc. Hubby put up shelving but
> thats get filled quick! HELP

I have storage for all the stuff; places where it's supposed to live. You
need that first. Plastic boxes, shelves, whatever, so that stuff doen't
*have* to live on the table.

But my problem will be solved when we move to a real house with enough
space. In my apartment, I have three tables. One of them (the smallest)
usually has a chess board set up on it, and the other (living room) is
completely burried in an ever-changing assortment of books, magazines,
newspaper, etc. So projects take over the kitchen table, and aren't always
done at meal time. If it's a "little meal", it moves. If it's a big meal
with all three of us home or guests, I shuffle the projects somewhere else.

Maybe people who require math workbooks every day don't do projects that
take over their kitchen table....not enough time to do fun stuff or
something. I dunno.

brenda

Alan & Brenda Leonard

2/10/03 04:14:

> I'm sorry you're afraid of the machine. If I lived closer I'd come over and
> help you.

I'm afraid of sewing machine, too.

Hey, Kelly! Can we have a sewing-machines-for-terrified-people session at
the unschooling conference and Sandra can teach us how to thread machines
and work bobbins? <bwg>

brenda

Olif VanPelt

"You do know about Dave's Rock Shop in Evanston, right?"

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[email protected]

In a message dated 2/10/03 2:06:46 AM, abtleo@... writes:

<< Hey, Kelly! Can we have a sewing-machines-for-terrified-people session at
the unschooling conference and Sandra can teach us how to thread machines
and work bobbins? <bwg> >>

NO!

I only know those I've had for a while.
Spatial reasoning is not one of my strengths. I have to learn one machine by
rote, by muscle memory, and then I know that one.

But I'm not afraid of the instruction booklets, and I understand how machines
work in theory.

There might be others there who are braver, but let's don't fill up an
unschooling weekend with sewing machines, since every fabric store in the
world has people who can help with sewing machines.

Sandra

Betsy

**<< Hey, Kelly! Can we have a sewing-machines-for-terrified-people
session at the unschooling conference and Sandra can teach us how to
thread machines and work bobbins? <bwg> >>

NO!

I only know those I've had for a while. **


I wanted to say, let's not get over-dependent on Sandra. There's an
incredible collective wisdom in the minds and hearts of all the parents
(and children) attending the conference. You could probably have a good
seminar on any topic under the sun.

And even if there is NO "expertise" on a particular subject, there could
still be self-directed, group-supported exploration.

Not meaning to sound preachy, but if we lift Sandra up on the highest of
pedestals then it makes everyone else look short or deficient. That
isn't a good idea.

I really do mean this in the friendliest possible way. An unschooling
conference is not one "teacher" in a classroom full of "children".

Betsy