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In a message dated 4/20/2003 11:58:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tktraas@... writes:


> Last issue also had an article by David Albert in it.
>

Who will be appearing in Columbia, SC for two talks THIS Friday (April 25,
2003) afternoon and evening.

Anybody nearby shouldn't miss him! www.schoolsoutsupport.org/events

~Kelly, always seeking cues <g>


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shantinik

--- In [email protected], kbcdlovejo@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 4/20/2003 11:58:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tktraas@p... writes:
>
>
> > Last issue also had an article by David Albert in it.
> >
>
> Who will be appearing in Columbia, SC for two talks THIS Friday
(April 25,
> 2003) afternoon and evening.
>
> Anybody nearby shouldn't miss him!
www.schoolsoutsupport.org/events
>
> ~Kelly, always seeking cues <g>
>
Thanks, Kelly! Also going to be in Charlotte, NC on Thursday the
24th, and in Greensboro on the 26th -- write me if need more details.

I write for both Home Ed. Magazine and for Life Learning and I like
them both. Of course, the way I look at it is that if there is one
good article that sticks in my brain and that I find I can really use
with my kids, the magazine has done its job! I don't think my
expectations are too low -- and I always prefer to be challenged
rather than coddled (even if I disagree with an author's perspective.)

One of the things I really enjoy about Life Learning is that it does
not confine itself to the education of children, but usually has at
least one article on education in another part of the lifecycle. If
continue to think of ourselves as learning beings throughout our
lives, it cannot fail but rub off on our kids. (But even if it
doesn't, we have gained immensely in the process.)

david
www.skylarksings.com

zenmomma2kids

>> Thanks, Kelly! Also going to be in Charlotte, NC on Thursday the
24th, and in Greensboro on the 26th -- write me if need more
details.>>

Wish I could make it to one of those. I'm in Utah. :-(

>> One of the things I really enjoy about Life Learning is that it
does not confine itself to the education of children, but usually has
at least one article on education in another part of the lifecycle.
If continue to think of ourselves as learning beings throughout our
lives, it cannot fail but rub off on our kids. (But even if it
doesn't, we have gained immensely in the process.)>>

Absolutely!

I liked the pictures of your arm/elbow "trick" in HEM BTW. :o) It's
good you learned such a useful skill in school. <g>

Life is good.
~Mary

shantinik

--- In [email protected], "zenmomma2kids"
<zenmomma@h...> wrote:
> >> Thanks, Kelly! Also going to be in Charlotte, NC on Thursday
the
> 24th, and in Greensboro on the 26th -- write me if need more
> details.>>
>
> Wish I could make it to one of those. I'm in Utah. :-(

I had such a blast last year at UHEA's Conference. Hope someday
they'll invite me back!....
> >
> I liked the pictures of your arm/elbow "trick" in HEM BTW. :o) It's
> good you learned such a useful skill in school. <g>
>
If they invite me back, I promise to teach "the skill" (it is NOT a
trick!) to EVERYONE (though at most only 1 out of 5 of you will be
able to do it; the rest of you will need "remedial work".)

> Life is good.

Yes, indeed.

david
www.skylarksings.com

zenmomma2kids

>> I had such a blast last year at UHEA's Conference. Hope someday
they'll invite me back!....>>

You were here last year? No way!! I missed it. Bummer. :-(

I tend to stay away from any of the UHEA sponsored things as they
usually just depress me with all the curriculum and schedules and way-
too-conservative-for-me talk.

>> If they invite me back, I promise to teach "the skill" (it is NOT
a trick!) to EVERYONE (though at most only 1 out of 5 of you will be
able to do it; the rest of you will need "remedial work".)>>

Oh man, hope I don't end up in SEE - Special Elbow Ed.

> > Life is good.
>
> Yes, indeed.

Yup.
~Mary

shantinik

--- In [email protected], "zenmomma2kids"
<zenmomma@h...> wrote:
> >> I had such a blast last year at UHEA's Conference. Hope someday
> they'll invite me back!....>>
>
> You were here last year? No way!! I missed it. Bummer. :-(
>
> I tend to stay away from any of the UHEA sponsored things as they
> usually just depress me with all the curriculum and schedules and way-
> too-conservative-for-me talk.
>
Actually, after I gave my keynote, with 2,400 people present (they
piped into another room), and after they gave me a standing ovation in
the middle of line that barely gets a yawn in more liberal circles, I
had lunch with the movers and shakers and asked how it was that an
unreconstructed advocate of child-led/family-centered learning (and
radical Quaker to boot) was so popular out there. (And let me be
clear: I pulled no punches about my allegiances.) And the head of the
LDS Homes Education Association explained it to me:

"You see," he said, when we look down the dinner table, there are 8,
9, or 10, or 11 of us. Once we've done the curriculum thing with the
oldest, we KNOW we couldn't possibly stand doing it with next passel!
So we have to seek out alternatives."

One of the nicest, friendliest bunch of people I've ever met.

david
www.skylarksings.com

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In a message dated 4/23/2003 1:05:09 AM Central Daylight Time,
shantinik@... writes:

> And the head of the
> LDS Homes Education Association explained it to me:
>

And LDS folks aren't necessarily considered mainstream Christians to the
"pillars-that-wish-to-be".

Tuck


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zenmomma2kids

>> One of the nicest, friendliest bunch of people I've ever met.>>

That's quite often what I hear from people who don't live here. Glad
you had a good experience.

Life is good.
~Mary