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Laura bowman's Blog – September 2008 Archive (5)

not enough words

this is my contribution to the blog carnival for october 'your unschooling tribe.' it was originally posted on my blog on july 11th, 2008.

there is this "truth" that has formed in my mind over the years. years that take up the better part of my life. it is based on a specific set of beliefs i had about myself. those beliefs are that i do not know how to make friends...and when/if i do, i can't keep them. also, that i am unlikeable and easily forgettable, socially dysfunctional and… Continue

Added by laura bowman on September 28, 2008 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

girl music

scotty came in from mowing the other day to find me dancing (jumping around??) in the kitchen while making lunch. this is not unusual. and not why he had an odd grin on his face. i said 'what?' and he just laughed and said 'you're listening to rage against the machine and i'm listening to ani di franco.' he just thought that was funny because it's not your typical scenario. i guess girls are supposed to like girl music and boys are supposed to like boy music. that's just never been the… Continue

Added by laura bowman on September 26, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

imaginary conversations

do you ever have those? imaginary conversations. in your head, with some imaginary person. i had one the other night. samuel had asked me where chattanooga was and i told him. i later thought a little too much about it and it led me to this conversation in my head with some faceless imaginary person:

person: why doesn't he know that already? don't you make him learn cities and states and such?

me: well, he just asked me and so now he knows.

person: well, don't… Continue

Added by laura bowman on September 22, 2008 at 9:19am — 1 Comment

my vent tonight!

we came home from my dad's birthday party and there were three kids playing in the road. the boys went out to talk with them and came back in very disturbed. these kids had found a dead chipmunk (can we all say 'awe'?). prepare yourself...they were hitting it all around the street with a bat..and laughing hysterically. i went out to talk to them about it and 2 ran back in their house. i asked the one boy left to please stop doing that. he said 'they were doing it too!' and i told him that i… Continue

Added by laura bowman on September 20, 2008 at 6:18pm — 7 Comments

spelling bee?

i've been reading rue kream's book "parenting a free child" (finally!)...and i came across the section about spelling words for your kids and it reminded me of this one time at a homeschooling group we got on the subject of spelling bees for some reason. scotty, in his usual stand-up comedian way, made a joke that went something like this:

here's what a spelling bee would look like for unschoolers

spell the word "perception"

child looks over at parents and… Continue

Added by laura bowman on September 16, 2008 at 8:40am — 7 Comments