Enough Already!

I'm skating at the local rink and I'm talking to a woman who I haven't seen in years.
"Homeschooling huh? Well my son would have benefited from that. What i really would have liked him to attend though is private school."

And then, "kids need to learn how to socialize." Oh God. Here we go again. I draw her attention to 3 other families (all friends of ours) skating along side of us. "Yeah but they have to learn how to grapple with other kids. Ya know?"
No. I don't know. They need to learn how to 'grapple' with all kinds of people. They need to learn how to get along with people of all ages. Period.

When will these well meaning folk learn that it doesn't have to happen in the context of school? To live well in society with others, kids need opportunities to be in the WORLD more, not less
(that is, stuck in school).
At school you learn facts and figures (and frankly you can learn these anywhere) but school doesn't MAKE a person.
I've said it before and I'm saying it again; school is not a good place for kids. School is a contrived situation. Get it finally. School is a fake. It is not real.
BEE

back on line at r4a

Oh happy day! Radio4all is back on line! Go, and download our shows!

weather report

The latest update on radio4all -

Shawn and David are still working to get the server back. They are having to reinstall the operating system which became corrupted. I hope we'll be back soon.
Hopefully some results soon, we have grown very accustomed/dependent on this web site.

coffee signs

While we are waiting for news about the status of Radio4all.net (which is still down days after they thought they would be back on line) I wonder if anyone out there in blog land would have the skills to interpret my coffee ground remains for a sign. Should I be worried?