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E-journal June 1, 2010 |
Telling Your Stories View past ejournals HERE>> Sign up for our newsletter below. Well, it seems that the rest of the world has finally figured out what home schooling families have known all along--that traditional schooling is based on past ideas of what is important to know and it thwarts creativity and the ability to learn what's really important to know. You'll find out below why I say that. Usually this time of year I find a really good commencement speech to share with you. I love commencement speeches because they are based on the assumption that you are trying to impart all the wisdom you can possibly muster from your life to a group of kids who are just starting theirs. And you've only got about 30 minutes to distill everything you think is important for a young person to know into a somewhat interesting speech. I've always thought it would be an interesting exercise for me to figure out what I would say if asked to give a commencement speech. Then I began thinking that I wanted to make sure that my kids knew all the things that I really considered important in life--not just academics or information, but values and understandings about life. Also, since my mother died, I began thinking that I've never really shared all of my growing up memories with my children--just the ones that are randomly triggered by different events. Right now I'm in the process of gathering family memories about my parents and grandparents and I've realized that there were a lot of stories about their childhoods and adult life that they never told me. I guess the opportunities never came up to share them with me So several months ago I went to Target and bought a pocket-sized Sony mp3 recorder. It fits into my pocket or purse and has a USB cable so I can transfer the files onto my computer. Whenever I think about something I want my children to know about me or about what I consider important, I will whip out my little recorder and talk about it. It's been an amazingly cathartic process, plus it's caused me to remember a lot of things about growing up that I'd kind of forgotten--not just memories of events and feelings, but memories of how things were done in the age before cell phones and microwaves (an age my children have no clue ever existed). Anyway, for this newsletter instead of sharing a commencement speech, I want to share two great videos I found online. Set aside about half and hour and watch these two videos. They are only about 15 minutes long each and will leave you inspired and more confident that you weren't actually as crazy as everyone thinks you are to have pulled your children out of the public schools.
Until next time.... Ellyn
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