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Monthly Archives: August 2013
Erica Goldson’s Valedictorian Speech
Erica Goldson astonished her teachers and peers with her graduation speech about the public education system and the warped values pushed onto children by the state. Her courage, wisdom and integrity is inspiring. If the audio in the video is … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood
Tagged Education, Erica Goldson, Graduation, obedience training, schooling, speech, statism, test taking, thinking, Valedictorian
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Homeschooling in Australia
When I tell people that I am working on a business that promotes and supports homeschooling one of the first questions people ask me is how many children are homeschooled in Australia. Typically I can immediately bring up statistics for … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Education News, Homeschooling, News, Parenthood
Tagged ABC news, Australia, bias, Education, Herald Sun, HomeSchool, homeschooling, mainstream media, media bias, news, report, State school, statistics
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Introducing Narcissism
Narcissism is term you have probably heard used often in psychological contexts, but I want to stress here that when I talk about narcissism on this website I am actually using a lot of my own ideas. My definition of … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Parenthood, Teacherhood, Water Bird
Tagged Borderline Personality Disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Disorders, DSM, Health, Mental disorder, mental health, narcissism, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, psychology, Rosenhan experiment, self-esteem
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Making Trigonometry Interesting
Trigonometry is a branch of geometry; one of the major fields in mathematics. The name literally means, “the measuring of triangles” (from Greek trigōnon “triangle” + metron “measure”). As a child in school, I had a hard time understanding why … Continue reading
Posted in Air Bird, Earth Bird, Homeschooling, Teacherhood
Tagged Education, fun math, fun maths, geometry, Math, maths, practical mathematics, Right angle, Right triangle, Teacher, teaching, teaching math, teaching maths, Triangle, Trigonometry
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Writing a Journal
Attaining mental health is not a simple task. Just as we live in a world full of germs and parasites that can infest and harm our bodies, we also live in a psychological world of relationships with other people which … Continue reading
Posted in Adulthood, Water Bird
Tagged Communication, Diary, Emotion, independence, journal, mental health, psychology, self-acceptance, self-awareness, self-care, self-esteem, self-help, self-love, Thought
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