Comments on: Talking to Shannon’s blog http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/ dawn friedman's blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Marco Candida http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/#comment-11471 Marco Candida Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:39:07 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1209#comment-11471 Ciao. Mi chiamo Marco Candida. Sono Italiano. Ho deciso di scrivere in italiano. Volete venire sul mio blog italiano e scrrivere in Inglese? ciao! Ciao. Mi chiamo Marco Candida. Sono Italiano. Ho deciso di scrivere in italiano. Volete venire sul mio blog italiano e scrrivere in Inglese? ciao!

]]> By: shannon http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/#comment-11470 shannon Fri, 18 Jun 2004 18:02:56 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1209#comment-11470 Dana: Yep. That's exactly my concern. I am a theoretical supporter of public schools for those kinds of reasons. The question is, am I willing to trade off all the negatives for the positives? Dana:
Yep. That’s exactly my concern. I am a theoretical supporter of public schools for those kinds of reasons. The question is, am I willing to trade off all the negatives for the positives?

]]> By: Moxie http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/#comment-11469 Moxie Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:41:11 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1209#comment-11469 Kay, I just put up free school info on my site for you. So you can go back and look at it and there will actually be something there. Kay, I just put up free school info on my site for you. So you can go back and look at it and there will actually be something there.

]]> By: -d http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/#comment-11468 -d Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:19:32 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1209#comment-11468 Not that it is our place to be role models, but that first pro and con kind of eludes me... I send my children to public school (we have a GREAT one) and I know that they runs into small minded children from small minded parents. BUT, my son and my daughter have been taught long before they hit school the importance of respecting ALL life. The fact that they can share this respect and show the small minded children that loving all life is actually a better and healthier way to live makes me very happy. If I shelter them from the small minded people, how will my children be able to "rub off" on those kids that might actually step outside their family views and realize that diversity and respect is really the way to go? - Dana Not that it is our place to be role models, but that first pro and con kind of eludes me…

I send my children to public school (we have a GREAT one) and I know that they runs into small minded children from small minded parents. BUT, my son and my daughter have been taught long before they hit school the importance of respecting ALL life.

The fact that they can share this respect and show the small minded children that loving all life is actually a better and healthier way to live makes me very happy. If I shelter them from the small minded people, how will my children be able to “rub off” on those kids that might actually step outside their family views and realize that diversity and respect is really the way to go?

- Dana

]]> By: Kay http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/06/17/talking-to-shannons-blog/#comment-11467 Kay Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:15:47 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1209#comment-11467 "My response is that I don't think school is the real world. It's abnormal to hang in an age-segregated environment led by a singular person who is in complete control of that environment." I'm not planning to homeschool Liam (we have a school picked out that we're really happy with, as long as we can afford it at the time), but for me this is the biggest argument for homeschooling. In what natural environment would 30 same age kids have to sit for 6 or so hours with a single adult as company? It's insane to think that would be good. I'm heading over to moxie's now to find out what free schooling is. “My response is that I don’t think school is the real world. It’s abnormal to hang in an age-segregated environment led by a singular person who is in complete control of that environment.”

I’m not planning to homeschool Liam (we have a school picked out that we’re really happy with, as long as we can afford it at the time), but for me this is the biggest argument for homeschooling. In what natural environment would 30 same age kids have to sit for 6 or so hours with a single adult as company? It’s insane to think that would be good.

I’m heading over to moxie’s now to find out what free schooling is.

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