''The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.'' -- Nietzsche
''I have no country to fight for. My country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.'' -- Eugene V. Debs
Making A Statement
Oct. 9, 2006
Another day at co-op
It was a pretty good day at co-op. Jake's little buddy Tommy was sick, so he wasn't there, but he played with Joshua all morning. The two of them were really good, and the adults got a chance to chat. This morning we had a ratio of three adults to two kids in Jake's age group! It was absolutely hilarious this morning: Rosie was talking about a relative of hers who is gay, and as soon as she said the word "gay", Jake repeated her and yelled "GAY!" Of course, we all just broke up laughing.
There's also been some drama at co-op as we are in danger of losing the church building we meet in. Apparently a member of the church overheard some of the older kids doing a skit they had written. The skit was of one cereal box talking to another, and the cereal box said, "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's cereal box prize" or something to that effect. She got offended by it (why, I don't know - I've heard plenty of Christians parody scripture) and told the pastor of the church that our group is anti-Christian (which is ridiculous, because 2/3 of the group is Christian, but because we are inclusive to everyone, that means we're anti-Christian - and doubly funny was that one of the girls who wrote the skit was Catholic) and the member of our group who goes to that church left the group because it was one of her buddies who overheard the skit and now we have no liason. ANYWAY, there was a big conference with Lynette and the church pastor, and he started grilling her with all kinds of questions, and she wrote him a big long letter which has been thus far ignored. It's probably time we check into a UU church - they are also inclusive and welcome people of all faiths. I may start attending one just to build rapport to possibly secure us a spot for future use. I'd take Jake along - he'd love to play in the nursery with the other kids. Plus I've said for a long time that I need something like "Atheist Church" to go to - and the Unitarian church would probably be closest to that. Even though it's not strictly atheist; again, people of all faiths or lack thereof are welcome. To me, it's a good way to build community and respect for each other's beliefs. Since in reality, I'm a secular humanist.
-*-*-*-* ....and to the person whose name begins with M and rhymes with brandy, I dare you to post something else on my blog about how I'm sheltering my child from society by taking him to play with other babies, and then talk about how closed-minded I am when it's YOU who's passing judgement, and not the other way around. You claim you are trying to forget I exist, but I bet you'll be reading this by tomorrow. Oh, the dichotomy!
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I believe in homeschooling from birth on. From the day my son was born, I've done everything I can to teach him about how the world works. Life is school. Learning is life.
