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Goat Sunday I
wrote this description of “Goat Sunday” for the
Quaker Homeschooling Circle, which I moderate (you
are welcome to join us – just go to Google Groups
and look for the Quaker-Homeschooling-Circle), but
thought that many of you might find it relevant in
your own homeschooling adventures, and maybe, just
maybe, there will be an explosion of Goat Sundays
around the country. That part, dear friends, is
totally up to you.
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She's
Leaving Home
(from Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.
Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love)
Sigh. My older daughter Aliyah, now 16, just left
yesterday on her journey 3,000 miles away to
college. I miss her already.
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Noah’s
Boat and the Pigeon of Peace
(from Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.
Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love)
In the Jewish tradition in which I grew up, we have
midrashim. A midrash is a parable or narrative
interpretation or an interrogative dialogue with
which one explores a sacred text, usually the
stories to be found in the Torah - the Five Books of
Moses - or the rest of the Old Testament.
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Distinguished
Visitors
(from Homeschooling
and the Voyage of Self-Discovery)
I learned almost a year in advance that we would be
having distinguished visitors coming to stay with
us. No one seemed to know for how long, except to
say that we should prepare for a lengthy visit, as
they were being sent to learn absolutely everything
they could about their host community and country,
and they came with very little preparation.
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A
Travel Excursion of the Mind
(from Homeschooling
and the Voyage of Self-Discovery)
Don't attempt to brainwash your kids into
contemplating something that is ultimately
unknowable. All that can be known with certainty
about the future is that it will be unlike today...
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Hebetudinous
(from Homeschooling
and the Voyage of Self-Discovery)
Spelling is wrapped up in a societal myth. For those
of you who have forgotten your freshman sociology
class (or never had one), a societal myth is a story
or premise (whether it is true or false is
irrelevant) that guides our attitudes and shapes how
we make concrete life arrangements or enable social
institutions to function.
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Joy
(from the
May-June 2003 issue of Home Education Magazine)
People who know me often comment on my somewhat
expansive list of avocations, and the fact that they
are rather disparate in nature. But, what do these
all have in common? I’m sitting here, scratching
my head. And then it became obvious. I didn’t
study and didn’t even have “exposure” to any
of these activities in public school!
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Carmenizing
It had never been one of my life goals to sing
opera. In fact, I can truthfully say it had never
really crossed my mind until less than a year ago. I
have been an intermittent opera lover for more than
30 years, but the closest I had ever come to
actually being part of one was when I’d threaten
the kids that if they didn’t clean their rooms,
I’d sing the high coloratura soprano aria from
Norma at full volume.
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