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mopinko

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1. i home schooled my kids for 8 years.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2014, 08:20 AM

Mar 2014

i am sure now my son would be identified as aspergers. i just knew he was amazingly smart, but also too sensitive of a soul for a bureaucracy. and painfully shy. just saw no win for him.
anyway, every friday we took a field trip. usually to a museum, but i insisted that once in a while we just take a walk in the woods.
kids is working on his phd in math.

i was very influenced by dewey. living here by the lab school and all. if i could have afforded that, i would have done it. their approach down there would work for any kid.

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You Can’t Bounce Off the Walls if There are No Walls: Outdoor Schools-- [View all] eridani Mar 2014 OP

i home schooled my kids for 8 years. mopinko Mar 2014 #1

Kindergarten is unrecognizable now. AllyCat Mar 2014 #2