tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13680527.post8524429740213825023..comments2023-04-26T03:25:30.451-06:00Comments on A Montessori Journey: It's Friday!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13680527.post-40200337794961069822007-07-01T08:03:00.000-06:002007-07-01T08:03:00.000-06:00Thanks for the warning, Correne! I have it out fro...Thanks for the warning, Correne! I have it out from the library anyhow--they didn't have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (can you believe it?), which I need to read as a possibility for the oldest's novel study next year, but they did have The Republic, so I got that. I've only read a few pages so far. It's interesting! I won't agree with his stance on kids being taken from his kids, but that's okay. :)One Alberta Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406240007172639671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13680527.post-74145333500834475532007-07-01T01:16:00.000-06:002007-07-01T01:16:00.000-06:00I don't know if you have to rush out and read Plat...I don't know if you have to rush out and read Plato. I majored in Political Philosophy, so I read some of his stuff. I believe that the Republic is where he describes his "ideal society," including taking children away from their parents so they can be raised away from their influence, and be assigned roles in society based on their attributes.<BR/><BR/>Not to dissuade you. Some of it is interesting. Some of it is just bizarre.Correnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337679065167216222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13680527.post-75738500908515591782007-06-30T07:40:00.000-06:002007-06-30T07:40:00.000-06:00I think it's a quote from Plato's Republic. It's o...I think it's a quote from Plato's Republic. It's one of those classic books that have been on my to-read list for sometime and I've never read it. I'm thinking now I should!<BR/><BR/>But it's also interesting how things work out: I had been thinking more and more about just being more traditional and less Montessori in style with my kids come September. Why? Because it's easier. lol. Not only that, but I have to admit to "feeling the pressure" of having homeschooled kids at a certain academic level. (But that's about *me* and not about my kids!) Yet less than 24 hours passed between that thought and the quote showing up in the group. Jolted me back to thinking more about what I want, what I feel is right, rather than just fulfilling some self-centered desire!One Alberta Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406240007172639671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13680527.post-32529737174003313502007-06-29T15:21:00.000-06:002007-06-29T15:21:00.000-06:00That's amazing! I never knew Plato advocated free...That's amazing! I never knew Plato advocated freedom in learning too. Whenever I read a modern educationist advocating freedom (usually as if it's something new - based on the latest research), I think, Montessori said the same thing nearly 100 yrs ago; when are people going to take this concept seriously? And now I find out Plato said the same thing *2000* yrs ago! I wonder why we (I) find it so hard to trust freedom.<BR/><BR/>I've recently been reading "Guerrilla Learning" by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver, which is a lovely book on incorporating freedom in education.Montessorihomeschoolinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12182243182420185647noreply@blogger.com