Comments on: Dude Yo-Yos for a Living http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/02/20/dude-yo-yos-for-a-living/ Aha! moments from a ho-hum life Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:20:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: lori http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/02/20/dude-yo-yos-for-a-living/#comment-9994 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:07:55 +0000 http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/02/20/dude-yo-yos-for-a-living/#comment-9994 Yo-yo guy is pretty cool, isn't he. I think any child who is raised to believe being different is okay as long as it's who you genuinely are (as opposed to some role you're playing to get attention) has the potential to end up doing what they love for a living. A lot of kids who go to school do make their own way and break with convention, but it does seem like homeschooling in general and unschooling in particular would make that just soooo much easier for them. Yo-yo guy is pretty cool, isn’t he. I think any child who is raised to believe being different is okay as long as it’s who you genuinely are (as opposed to some role you’re playing to get attention) has the potential to end up doing what they love for a living. A lot of kids who go to school do make their own way and break with convention, but it does seem like homeschooling in general and unschooling in particular would make that just soooo much easier for them.

]]> by: piscesgrrl http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/02/20/dude-yo-yos-for-a-living/#comment-9917 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:29:05 +0000 http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/02/20/dude-yo-yos-for-a-living/#comment-9917 Sing it sistah! I just had an interesting conversation today where I found myself explaining unschooling to some trying-to-be-polite questioners. After we got through the whole "but the real world has real expectations like being on time and meeting deadlines" thing, one man shared that the "reality" they are experiencing is entry-level workers who don't even show up every day much less accomplish minimum requirements for the job. So I countered, "But you're talking about young people who all went to school, right?" I think the word he floundered for was "touche" but he settled for a "Ya, I suppose they are." My main point was that unschoolers have the opportunity to do what they love and have it provide for them. like yo-yo guy! Sing it sistah! I just had an interesting conversation today where I found myself explaining unschooling to some trying-to-be-polite questioners. After we got through the whole “but the real world has real expectations like being on time and meeting deadlines” thing, one man shared that the “reality” they are experiencing is entry-level workers who don’t even show up every day much less accomplish minimum requirements for the job. So I countered, “But you’re talking about young people who all went to school, right?” I think the word he floundered for was “touche” but he settled for a “Ya, I suppose they are.”

My main point was that unschoolers have the opportunity to do what they love and have it provide for them.

like yo-yo guy!

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