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Sunday, October 04, 2009

Redeeming a Disaster Day

At this point in time we are having too many of these days! This is just a bit of encouragement for me.

Another one on Dealing With Doubts.

And from this article by Anne Pitman a couple quotes: "The problem is not doubt, but our need to find a quick solution to the discomfort of doubt without really finding out what the doubt is about. But doubt is an unsettled place. Doubt frantically urges us to grasp for resolution, for closure, for "peace of mind".
And:
"Like anything else, doubt only becomes a problem when it becomes stuck, when it goes beyond one's capacity to endure it. When it does, then more is required. Here is an opportunity to look deeper...."

Another quote from a different source, Dealing with Homeschooling Doubts
by Brenda Hoffman:
The first thing that you need to do is accept the fact that schools are institutions that actually remove learning from its natural realm of the normal, everyday world and placed the confines of brick walls upon it. This is something that we need to remind ourselves about. Another thing that we must remind ourselves of is the fact that schools, as we know them, are only 100 years old. Before then most children only spent a few hours learning inside of a brick building while the rest of their learning took place beside their parents or as apprentices of a specific art or trade. When we forget this we begin to doubt our abilities as homeschooling parents.

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