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Aidan has been venturing further into the performing arts as of late. He loves the act of creation in the moment, the act of performance–from music, to theater, to song, to dance. In the four video clips of this post, you can see a little of everything. My personal favorite is his tap dance rendition. [...]

We continue our critical discussion of education versus schooling in my composition course. The latest conversation has centered around three texts: John Gatto’s “Against School” and “The Seven Lesson School Teacher,” and Alfie Kohn’s “What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?” Of the three, Gatto’s pieces are most provocative–or at least I thought they [...]

We’ve suspected that Aidan can read for some time now. We read to him for literally hours each day, but he has until very recently resisted doing much reading aloud to us. (Even though, we believe he has been secretly able to read for a long time now.) Today, however, he decided that he’d like [...]