Changing the Route Can Change the Destination
It’s a busy time of year for everyone – I don’t expect you have much time to cozy up to your computer screen (or tablet, or phone) and read blog posts. But that’s not the real reason I’ve been slow…
Those Who Can
I have been exploring what motivates different people to pursue work as teachers. This interview and my last post represent two interesting paths and experiences of peers of mine — a young generation of teachers. This interview is with an old friend…
The Kind Of Teacher That Makes Me An Optimist
Apologies for the recent quiet on the blog! It has been a hectic month of work, to say the least. But I have been working on a couple fun interviews with teachers I know. This first one is a conversation…
Reconnecting, Catching Up
There are three kids in the journal my mother kept in 1987-88. Me, my older sister Mindy, and our childhood best friend Camille, who we really grew up with. Our parents met in Lamaze childbirth class, and Mindy and Camille…
Conceiving Of Change And Invisible Alternatives
Something happened to me since the first post in April. I’ve been… activated. I was born into a family that was living an alternative. That was just happening, it was pre-decided. And I grew up the way that I did — without school….
Is The Picture Of A Good Parent Changing?
Last winter, when this blog was a seed of an idea, I just thought we would be writing about homeschooling. A thing I grew up with and can comment on in a very personal way. But 6 months after we…
On-the-Road Unschooling – And a Journal Switch-Up
My daughter Lindsey is the primary voice in this blog, although the process of writing the blog has been a collaboration in many ways. We discuss and edit together, exchange ideas, debate, proofread, etc. Of course, it is also a…
Does The Oldest Child Lead A Child-Led-Learning Household?
One of the questions I posed for myself at the beginning of this project was this: How much of who I am today is because of homeschooling? But, this morning, my mom asked me this: How much of the way we…
A Really Great Thing Happened Today In 1954
In writing this blog there has been an underlying fascination for me. Beyond homeschooling, or education, or community, this project is also very much about family. And parenting. And motherhood. My mom’s old journal that inspired the beginning of this…
The Homeschooled College Teacher: Part Two
In my last post, I introduce an old friend who was also unschooled growing up, and who today is an Anthropology teacher at community college. In between her homeschooled upbringing and becoming a college teacher, Nina has spent a lot…