http://tbfreviews.net/2009/11/22/sunday-salon-112209/ Thu, 17 May 2012 01:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tbfreviews.net/2009/11/22/sunday-salon-112209/comment-page-1/#comment-5508 Liz Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:47:42 +0000 http://tbfreviews.net/?p=2282#comment-5508 I read "Cancel Christmas" for my first part of the Christmas reading challenge. Now I'm sidetracked by other books! Yikes -- hard to keep everything straight. I'm actually done with this one, but your remark about homework made me think of <a href="http://www.rickposner.com/" rel="nofollow"> Lives of Passion, School of Hope</a> by Rick Posner. It's about the alums of a progressive public school in Colorado (one I which my own kids could have gone to!) and how a school without grades, credits or a set curriculum has affected them as adults. (Some say it saved their lives.) I loved reading about a school that actually affects its students as they go through life. Beyond learning, so to speak, it also gave them a sustainable education of love and hope. .-= Liz´s last blog ..<a href="http://twitter.com/lizreads/statuses/5828266073" rel="nofollow">lizreads: Raining, colder, blechhhhhh. And my cat is still missing.</a> =-. I read “Cancel Christmas” for my first part of the Christmas reading challenge. Now I’m sidetracked by other books! Yikes — hard to keep everything straight. I’m actually done with this one, but your remark about homework made me think of Lives of Passion, School of Hope by Rick Posner. It’s about the alums of a progressive public school in Colorado (one I which my own kids could have gone to!) and how a school without grades, credits or a set curriculum has affected them as adults. (Some say it saved their lives.) I loved reading about a school that actually affects its students as they go through life. Beyond learning, so to speak, it also gave them a sustainable education of love and hope.
.-= Liz´s last blog ..lizreads: Raining, colder, blechhhhhh. And my cat is still missing. =-.

]]> http://tbfreviews.net/2009/11/22/sunday-salon-112209/comment-page-1/#comment-5472 Kathy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:58:45 +0000 http://tbfreviews.net/?p=2282#comment-5472 Good luck with the challenges! .-= Kathy´s last blog ..<a href="http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/the-twelve-days-of-cookies-day-8/" rel="nofollow">The Twelve Days of Cookies – Day 8</a> =-. Good luck with the challenges!
.-= Kathy´s last blog ..The Twelve Days of Cookies – Day 8 =-.

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