General Discussion

but lately i have come to the conclusion that the more time you spend in windowless rooms, being spewed at my some "expert", told to swallow, and expected to puke back the good bits on command, the dumber you get.

fortunately my 1st teacher, my amazing da, started teaching me as a little kid to learn on my feet. i was his apprentice in the garden, and i have a vivid recollection of a chemistry lesson he taught me at 5. we stood by the kitchen stove, and tossed shit in the flames. coins sat on the burner, and we poured on salt and baking soda.
years later i got a job in a metals lab. even i didnt get then that the reason i caught on to the whole thing in 3 days, instead of the 3 MONTHS they thought it would take was that long ago lesson. i mean, my 2 yrs studying science didnt hurt, but...

this is why i homeschool 4 of my 5 kids for 8 yrs. i sent the 1st one to a "magnet" school for gifted kids. the teachers were great, but the admins didnt seem to get that they werent shrunken adults, just cuz they talked like they were.
i got into a big hassle w them once over the fact that a boy who had a crush on my daughter was always bugging her on the bus. i was supposed to control how she reacted to his harassment. i said- arent you supposed to have an adult on that bus?
just the driver, they said. i guess you dont have to be an adult to drive a school bus.