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Making Offerings Work
Yesterday was our first day back, the start of a new term. I’m hoping that the theme of this new term will be more parental involvement. Last year the students learned the process, intention setting, collaborative play, and reflection. We carved out the space, now it’s time to fill it. Typically we fill our space …
Failure is Cool
A few years ago I started to dabble in the collective housing and cooperative community scene, it’s something I’ve become really passionate about. As such I talk about it, a lot. When I speak to people about cooperative living, they often listen politely and then cite a failed situation—with a roommate or cumbersome decision-making process—as proof …
Wikipedia is the greatest direct action of all time, or why we need to document
Let’s take a look at what Wikipedia did last year: I consider myself an activist. In activism there is a term called Direct Action (here’s the Wikipedia article about it). Which basically means doing something to enact change, as opposed to asking or negotiating for change. Wikipedia represents to me people taking control of the worlds …
Discipline?
I have a discipline problem. Motivation is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done when we want to do it. Discipline is doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done when we don’t want to do it. More specifically I didn’t practice Spanish. The motivation to do …
Looking Back to See Ahead
Today I went to the eye doctor. I am blessed to have healthy eyes, with solid blood vessels and functional optic nerves. My lenses leave me a bit out of focus but I live in an age where this is an easy ailment to correct. Being able to see is an integral part of my practice …
Introducing the ROTA
I’d like to share something I found out East at Acorn Community. If you’ve ever lived with any number of other humans you know the universal pain point that is chores. You’re either doing them all or dealing with passive aggressive notes. To over come this sticking point Acorn used a weekly process called the ROTA. …
Thankful for the Bittersweet
Today was a bittersweet day as it was the last day we have with Abe. It’s been a wild month and I haven’t documented nearly enough of it. It was also a packed day at school. I Watched a great episode of Crash Course Big History: If you haven’t started watching Crash Course you really gotta …
Idle No More, Schooling in School
Today we had the pleasure and honor of hosting Sweetwater Nannauck who shared with us a talk on the history of colonialism. She focused on how American Laws have subjugated and destroyed native culture for the past 500 years. The aim of public education for native people is encapsulated in this quote: Kill the Indian, save the …
Building website and setting up Github
Today I did more coding of the Glacier view in front of Stevie, Ethan, and our new student Ayesha! First thing I did was set up the GitHub.com account for the organization, then did some git status and git commit’ing in front of the students. I created a e-mail box for the site using the Mail …