tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post6093617690114633342..comments2023-11-02T01:41:40.659-07:00Comments on homeschool chumash: one aspect of "what homeschooling means to me"arijesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054624664476807741noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post-80143397864308127032012-10-22T09:16:33.643-07:002012-10-22T09:16:33.643-07:00i think there are a lot of thoughts that come into...i think there are a lot of thoughts that come into our heads that we automatically censor. we all have lots of ideas and thoughts; you're probably just used to dismissing them and not being open to their possibilities. you have to learn to pay attention to that voice instead of dismissing it. it's easier once you have children or if you are around children because they have all sorts of ideas and always ask to try them. pay attention, and you'll hear how many times a child has a thought about how to go about something and how s/he is discouraged by the adult. if you take a moment and think about it, and only say no if it's dangerous (or if the cleanup is going to make you into a mean person and you aren't ready to get past that yet ;) and NOT say no based on whether or not it will "work," you will find a whole world of possibilities and interesting things. once you get used to letting the children around you do things, you start realizing that you yourself have those same thoughts, except that you've been telling yourself no the same way you've been telling them no. the conscience is so efficient it takes the voices of authority we have from youth and incorporates them into our own thoughts so we are being told "no" without anyone even saying "no" anymore! so start getting used to saying, "why not? let's try it."arijesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054624664476807741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post-91341856636314071942012-10-21T11:12:00.619-07:002012-10-21T11:12:00.619-07:00I really enjoyed this post.
As sort of an "a...I really enjoyed this post.<br /> As sort of an "adult" I feel that i've already been "schooled' and taught the "right way" to do things where things flow not from my own creative mind but from learning what is expected of me. <br />Do you think there are strategies that you utilize in unschooling your kids, that "adults" could use to try unschool themselves and re-develop the creativity that was squashed in their youths? <br /><br />levihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439792152178094320noreply@blogger.com