Category: Culture
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Little-c creativity in our lives
Even those of us who do creative work professionally can benefit from doing hands-on, “little-c” creative projects.
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Book Review: Legendary Learning: The Famous Homeschoolers’ Guide to Self-Directed Excellence
McMillin’s famous homeschoolers all achieved success not because they followed the rules that most modern Americans take for granted—stay in school, follow the rules, get good grades, be a high achiever. They achieved success because they followed their passions, didn’t listen to naysayers, were diligent, and knew that they had something to offer the world.
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The Snopes childhood
So here’s my question: Are our children growing up in a world in which the line between reality and fiction is no longer clear, in which, in fact, there may be no line? Are they growing up a world in which reality can be manufactured—-google “truthiness”—-and dismissed just as easily? If so, how will this…
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Learning through play
Just look around at any group of adults over 40. Did any of us have academic instruction in kindergarten? Probably a few. Most of us went to play-based kindergartens where academics was limited to singing the alphabet song. But here we are, inventing amazing handheld devices, making groundbreaking films, running thriving small businesses, working as…
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Separating individuals from the crowd
There is very little understanding out in the wider community of families that those of us with kids like this just got the kids we got. It’s not our fault, nor can we take credit for it. And just as parents of developmentally disabled kids got a package that they need to accept whole and…