tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post1186619863207599636..comments2023-10-07T02:42:10.642-07:00Comments on Coalition for Kid-Friendly Schools: Guest post: Tolstoy in the schools of MarseillesFedUpMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-32038014119626017922010-12-07T06:31:16.093-08:002010-12-07T06:31:16.093-08:00PsychMom says:
We happened to be home yesterday be...PsychMom says:<br />We happened to be home yesterday because my daughter was sick. Caught Oprah and the BIg announcement by Michelle Rhee and her declaring herself in charge of the education revolution. Just send her money, seemed to be the message. I'm not sure what the money is for..what little I know about American politics, it sounds like she's forming a lobby group.<br /><br />Any comments from my compatriots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-71747554740537026492010-12-05T15:22:18.285-08:002010-12-05T15:22:18.285-08:00So I looked into Tolstoy's early education and...So I looked into Tolstoy's early education and it's a mixed bag.<br /><br />The bad news: it seems to have involved a lot of memorizing texts under the direction of a grumpy tutor.<br /><br />The good news: it took only a few hours a day. Tolstoy wound up fluent in German, French, and Russian.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-60221475525486581302010-12-05T08:52:38.911-08:002010-12-05T08:52:38.911-08:00I'm really enjoying this "Tolstoy on Educ...I'm really enjoying this "Tolstoy on Education" book and expect to post a few more excerpts. I'd love to hear more about his own education.<br /><br />By the way, in that same essay, he wrote that bookkeeping, "as it is taught in Germany and England, is a science which demands about fifteen minutes of explanation in case of a pupil who knows the four operations in mathematics." Spoken like a true homeschooler!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919030671050831251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184539467031647989.post-55659271443085435152010-12-05T06:43:27.427-08:002010-12-05T06:43:27.427-08:00Chris, thank you for an interesting post! It seem...Chris, thank you for an interesting post! It seems like the education debate has been the same forever.<br /><br />The funny thing is I was just planning a post about Tolstoy's own education as a child -- I'm going to do a series of education experiences through history. <br /><br />Tolstoy, of course, was an aristocrat who was educated at home with tutors. Like today's homeschoolers, he studied just a few hours a day, and wound up with an excellent education.FedUpMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951858601020687242noreply@blogger.com