tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560448700150815176.post2514194337042377000..comments2023-10-31T08:06:48.834-07:00Comments on Westcountry School of Myth and Story: When wild becomes feralchange agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18397784181515222007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560448700150815176.post-83915418082748727682014-01-20T01:21:28.228-08:002014-01-20T01:21:28.228-08:00This is one of the reasons why I homeschool my two...This is one of the reasons why I homeschool my two girls, Abbie, and by homeschool I mean unschool; they are free to learn about the world in the way they want. We do not have desks or textbooks or those other things found in regular schools.....<br /><br />This post reminds me of The New World, a film by Terence Malick - about Pocohontas and her 'taming' by the English of Jamestown, the beginning of the film is extraordinary; following her feral life in the wild.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560448700150815176.post-44874349080210335532014-01-12T04:51:51.736-08:002014-01-12T04:51:51.736-08:00Thank you for this article Martin.
Children'...Thank you for this article Martin. <br /><br />Children's development is a concern/interest/issue for me and I frequently use the world 'feral' to describe children who are learning outside of the constructs of an adult-led world. There is this massive misbelief in the current education system that children don't learn - you have to make them learn. These stories are evidence, not only of the necessary 'finding' that occurs in the wild, but the facts that children will learn without desks, chairs, textbooks and rules to be silent. Children learn constantly from whoever and whatever is around them. As human beings, we are in a unique position to give almost endless options to our children. If ministers would take that on board in a real way, then maybe we'd stop teaching the kids a limited reality and start teaching them an expansive one. AbbieStoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14889014267248014030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5560448700150815176.post-18548148548982046502014-01-10T07:13:27.662-08:002014-01-10T07:13:27.662-08:00This has really touched me. Thank you.This has really touched me. Thank you.Barbara Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442858408225289344noreply@blogger.com