"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself, instead of sitting indoors at a little round table, while a sweet-voiced teacher suggests that he build a stone wall with his wooden blocks, or make a rainbow out of strips of coloured paper, or plant straw trees in bead flower-pots. Such teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of, before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experience." -- Anne Sullivan

Friday, July 1, 2011

A Great Many Things

One of my favorite movie quotes is from "Little Women". A man at a dinner party tells Jo, "You should have been a lawyer, Miss March" and she replies, "I should have been a great many things".

"I should have been a great many things"

I feel that way all the time! I don't think it's that I'm discontent with my life, because I'm not. I love my kids and staying home and teaching them more than anything. It's truly a dream come true. It's just that there's lots of other things I'm also interested in. Some of them I will try one day, others are just dreams. Here they are, in no particular order:

farmer with a farm stand
beekeeper
run a hand-made goat milk soap business
potter
library assistant
dog breeder
go on missions trips
travel to every state in the US (right now I'm up to 33!)
write an updated book about the Pine Barrens
own my own diner I cook in and I get really fat and every one calls me "mom" (actually that sounds pretty similar to my life right now, hmmm....)
own a "fruit ice-cream" shop where I make everything out of frozen fruits. I'll call it "The Whole Fruit" and paint, "The Fruit, the Whole Fruit, and Nothing but the Fruit!" on the wall, and it will look really funky and have rainforest animals painted everywhere.( I'll hire Megan Benson to paint them and she will get free ice cream for life) : )
children's book author
run a petting-zoo birthday party business called "Zoo to You"- instead of just pony rides, I take a whole petting zoo, but I think I will need lots of insurance for that one

Well that's my short list anyway. I think it's enough... for now.
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  1. MeganJuly 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    I'm in :o) Free ice cream for life sounds like a fantastic deal!!!!

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