the word "project"
Lisa M. Cottrell Bentley
I read somewhere on this list recently, that it was believed that the word "project" is very schooly. Since we are very much living a life free of school, what are alternative words? I've realized that I say project all the time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the middle of this painting project, I'm about to finish this reorganizing project, going through those books will be quite a project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things and has an assorted bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS to finish our projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have individually set out for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my verbage and if so, to what?
-Lisa in AZ
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-Lisa in AZ
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Fetteroll
on 6/6/03 4:38 PM, Lisa M. Cottrell Bentley at cottrellbentley@...
wrote:
But I think if someone is coming off school and seeing a child's activities
as projects instead of play, then it would be helpful for them to stop doing
that.
Joyce
wrote:
> Should I be change my verbage and if so, to what?Well I wouldn't but I don't have any baggage attached to "project".
But I think if someone is coming off school and seeing a child's activities
as projects instead of play, then it would be helpful for them to stop doing
that.
Joyce
Andrea
At 01:38 PM 6/6/03 -0700, you wrote:
painting, she has her rock collection and her stamping (for example). If
you have to have costumes made in time for a play, then you have a
deadline, but you needn't think of it as a project.
Donna Andrea
>I read somewhere on this list recently, that it was believed that the wordHow about simply dropping the word "project"? You have your sewing and your
>"project" is very schooly. Since we are very much living a life free of
>school, what are alternative words? I've realized that I say project all
>the time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the middle of this painting
>project, I'm about to finish this reorganizing project, going through
>those books will be quite a project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things
>and has an assorted bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS
>to finish our projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have
>individually set out for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my
>verbage and if so, to what?
>
>-Lisa in AZ
painting, she has her rock collection and her stamping (for example). If
you have to have costumes made in time for a play, then you have a
deadline, but you needn't think of it as a project.
Donna Andrea
Tammy Thompson
My 5 yo calls her inventions "contractions" lol.. meaning Contraptions.
Tammy
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From: [email protected]
Date: Friday, June 06, 2003 15:40:56
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] the word "project"
I read somewhere on this list recently, that it was believed that the word
project" is very schooly. Since we are very much living a life free of
school, what are alternative words? I've realized that I say project all the
time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the middle of this painting
project, I'm about to finish this reorganizing project, going through those
books will be quite a project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things and has
an assorted bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS to finish
our projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have individually set out
for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my verbage and if so, to what?
-Lisa in AZ
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Tammy
-------Original Message-------
From: [email protected]
Date: Friday, June 06, 2003 15:40:56
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] the word "project"
I read somewhere on this list recently, that it was believed that the word
project" is very schooly. Since we are very much living a life free of
school, what are alternative words? I've realized that I say project all the
time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the middle of this painting
project, I'm about to finish this reorganizing project, going through those
books will be quite a project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things and has
an assorted bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS to finish
our projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have individually set out
for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my verbage and if so, to what?
-Lisa in AZ
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[email protected]
In a message dated 6/6/03 5:24:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
qpwithcheese@... writes:
with things to make them better.
Pam G.
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qpwithcheese@... writes:
> My 5 yo calls her inventions "contractions" lol.. meaning Contraptions.My son told me yesterday he wants to be a "tinkerer". Someone who tinkers
> Tammy
>
>
with things to make them better.
Pam G.
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In a message dated 6/6/2003 2:41:19 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
cottrellbentley@... writes:
medieval camping. I had a plan, I knew when I was finished, it was labelled
and frozen.
My husband is working on a Viking bed. That's a project.
When he's finished, he'll have a bed.
If I asked one of my kids to do a project on Viking beds or a project on
breadmaking, IF what I'm thinking is some kind of school-style thing, they would
have done some research, written something up, maybe made a poster or a model,
and MAYBE done one loaf of bread that they could discuss.
There's a difference between doing a school-style project and actually doing
a real-life project.
My husband is building a little deck. It's a woodworking project, it's a
yard project, it's a $400 project (so far), but it's not "a project on decks."
Sandra
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cottrellbentley@... writes:
> Neither of us HAS to finish our projects, but they are tasks or goals thatBut those are real projects. I made bread for fifteen people for five days of
> we have individually set out for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my
> verbage and if so, to what?
>
medieval camping. I had a plan, I knew when I was finished, it was labelled
and frozen.
My husband is working on a Viking bed. That's a project.
When he's finished, he'll have a bed.
If I asked one of my kids to do a project on Viking beds or a project on
breadmaking, IF what I'm thinking is some kind of school-style thing, they would
have done some research, written something up, maybe made a poster or a model,
and MAYBE done one loaf of bread that they could discuss.
There's a difference between doing a school-style project and actually doing
a real-life project.
My husband is building a little deck. It's a woodworking project, it's a
yard project, it's a $400 project (so far), but it's not "a project on decks."
Sandra
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hollyfurgason
I'm the one who brought that up. I think "project" is a great word
and it doesn't really need to be replaced. It just that in that
particular context it had a very schooly feel; needing to do
something specific and wanting help to accomplish that particular
thing.
Holly
--- In [email protected], "Lisa M. Cottrell Bentley"
<cottrellbentley@c...> wrote:
life free of school, what are alternative words? I've realized that
I say project all the time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the
middle of this painting project, I'm about to finish this
reorganizing project, going through those books will be quite a
project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things and has an assorted
bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS to finish our
projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have individually set
out for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my verbage and if
so, to what?
and it doesn't really need to be replaced. It just that in that
particular context it had a very schooly feel; needing to do
something specific and wanting help to accomplish that particular
thing.
Holly
--- In [email protected], "Lisa M. Cottrell Bentley"
<cottrellbentley@c...> wrote:
> I read somewhere on this list recently, that it was believed thatthe word "project" is very schooly. Since we are very much living a
life free of school, what are alternative words? I've realized that
I say project all the time: here are my sewing projects, I'm in the
middle of this painting project, I'm about to finish this
reorganizing project, going through those books will be quite a
project, etc. My 6.75 yo says similar things and has an assorted
bunch of projects around the house. Neither of us HAS to finish our
projects, but they are tasks or goals that we have individually set
out for ourselves to acheive. Should I be change my verbage and if
so, to what?
>
> -Lisa in AZ
>
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<<Should I be change my verbage and if so, to what?>>
I must've missed that convo, or it was before I joined but this is my
opinion.
Phhhttt....No.
Why would you? Was he in school were the word gives your child the willies?
lol Then I would give it a funny name, I dunno, interesting messy pile over
there, instead of calling it a project.
I have projects all over the house too. They look just like interesting
messy piles, actually. lol
~Aimee
I must've missed that convo, or it was before I joined but this is my
opinion.
Phhhttt....No.
Why would you? Was he in school were the word gives your child the willies?
lol Then I would give it a funny name, I dunno, interesting messy pile over
there, instead of calling it a project.
I have projects all over the house too. They look just like interesting
messy piles, actually. lol
~Aimee