Comments on: Science Class http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/ living, working, and learning on a 33-foot sailboat Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:07:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/comment-page-1/#comment-101 admin Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:08:05 +0000 http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/#comment-101 Ada, I hope Canadian schools haven't gone the way of test-centric American public schools. And I agree, the right school can be magic. The trick is happening into that right mix. Ada, I hope Canadian schools haven’t gone the way of test-centric American public schools. And I agree, the right school can be magic. The trick is happening into that right mix.

]]> By: BOATBABY http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/comment-page-1/#comment-100 BOATBABY Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:49:13 +0000 http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/#comment-100 Wise, wise mama you are! Wise, wise mama you are!

]]> By: Ada http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Ada Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:10 +0000 http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/#comment-97 Good for you! This all sounds like so much fun! I just have to add to the above comment though. Not all traditional schooling is structured and squashing. My son's experience has been wonderful. Home Schooling and Public Schooling doesn't have to butt heads. Some kids thrive in a home schooling atmosphere, others thrive in public school. Both forms of education can be amazing and truly inspiring. Yet both forms of education can have stifling and lack challenge. We are all in this together, making the best choices that we can. Good for you! This all sounds like so much fun!

I just have to add to the above comment though. Not all traditional schooling is structured and squashing. My son’s experience has been wonderful. Home Schooling and Public Schooling doesn’t have to butt heads. Some kids thrive in a home schooling atmosphere, others thrive in public school. Both forms of education can be amazing and truly inspiring. Yet both forms of education can have stifling and lack challenge.

We are all in this together, making the best choices that we can.

]]> By: Ksue http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Ksue Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:27:20 +0000 http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/#comment-96 "Curiosity is everything, the rest will follow." Exactly. And sadly, traditional public (and some private) schools seem to be structured so as to quash that native, intelligent curiosity that we all come in with. Curiosity, after all, tends to muck up their pre-planned, teach-to-the-test curriculum. Very sad. “Curiosity is everything, the rest will follow.”

Exactly. And sadly, traditional public (and some private) schools seem to be structured so as to quash that native, intelligent curiosity that we all come in with. Curiosity, after all, tends to muck up their pre-planned, teach-to-the-test curriculum. Very sad.

]]> By: Behan http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Behan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:34:51 +0000 http://svrubicon.com/index.php/2009/11/08/science-class/#comment-95 Yes, yes, yes! I believe that too- "Curiosity is everything, the rest will follow." I'm not sure I would have believed it a few years ago, but our children are living this now. It is not always easy to trust our children's innate desire to learn... I am working on it, and they help me every day. So that's what snail poop looks like! ;-) Yes, yes, yes! I believe that too- “Curiosity is everything, the rest will follow.” I’m not sure I would have believed it a few years ago, but our children are living this now. It is not always easy to trust our children’s innate desire to learn… I am working on it, and they help me every day.

So that’s what snail poop looks like! ;-)

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