Monday, May 20, 2013

Understanding is more important.

 photo of eagle splashing in a riverRespect and acceptance are more important than test scores and "performance." Understanding is more important than recitation.
page 72, The Big Book of Unschooling (79 in new edition)
photo by Sandra Dodd

3 comments:

  1. I had to google "Can eagles swim?" after reading this. I never knew.

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  2. That one was in shallow water just kind of taking a splash. It was one of the eagles at a recovery center (well, not recovery, but retirement, I guess) for Eagles, in Minnesota. http://www.nationaleaglecenter.org

    Each day they take a couple of the eagles down to be outside, on the Mississippi, in a park a few blocks up the road, and people can follow them up there. The birds are tethered with a long tether, so can move around quite a bit, but none of them can fly.

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