because, there may not be more to say than what Sir Robinson says here. Yes, this takes 20 minutes to watch. You will laugh. Much more importantly, you, if you are like me, will cry. I put my hands on my mouth and I cried. I cried because of the truth of it all. I cried because three years ago I had a dream that I was only my head. I am still haunted by this. And I cried because just yesterday I freaked out on my family, convinced that we are not feeding the children well enough. Nor are we educating them well enough. How can an entire childhood be devoted to creativity and happiness? How can that be ok? I looked at my son happily eating the gingersnaps his Daddy made, reading comic books, and blowing his nose on his tshirt. And I yelled at him, convinced he should be eating a healthier breakfast. He should be reading something more important. He shouldn't have a cold either. (I'm sure that's my fault too. ) Somehow, I decided to address these issues by snapping at him. In the back of my mind, the truth is, I get frightened. I think, "this is madness. We can't homeschool these kids" Then today, this:
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson
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Thanks, I have never heard him before. I was missing out. Funny guy and right on too. I even have the T shirt he was talking about..If a man in the forest..
Brilliant. I am awed and inspired by someone being so bold as Sir Robinson, and people were listening.
And You, Katherine. Well, let me quote Poppins on the day she called me as I was in tears about what is best and what balance to give my kids... she said, "Kris, you are the expert on your homeschool."
Wow. I've never heard of TED. What a fantastic thing to have the world's best thinkers all in one place. I'm wondering if I'm just living under a rock, or if it's just not gotten enough coverage. It should be wildly advertised and covered by a television network. I spent several hours wandering around that website.
That video, along with a few others I found there, have given me weeks worth of thoughts. Thanks for finding it, and sharing it here.
If I were sitting with you in your kitchen right now, I'd hug you and make us tea. And we could cry together.
Thanks for this link. And thanks for blogging.
Oh gosh, do I ever know those feelings. Sometimes I think, "What on earth are we doing? This *thing* we do can't possibly be preparing them for the real world. We are so loosy goosy and maybe they really ought to spend their days with someone who knows what she'd doing... but then..
Does anyone, really?
And if no one does, isn't it better that they be with someone who loves them fiercely?
I cried too. Mostly over the last 10 minutes on the part about the choreographer...He aint' called "Sir" for nothin'.
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