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Leonie
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Posted: July 27 2005 at 1:01am \| IP Logged

Hi all,

I wanted to share a quote from our current read aloud. The book is "The Rescuers" by Margery Sharp. Yes, the Disney animated movie is based on parts of this book and on its five sequels. It is a great read aloud novel - witty and wise.

This is the quote that struck me in its aptness in describing some of the *form* of our unschooling -

Miss Bianca "recalled a saying of the great Duke of Wellington's, to the effect that whereas his enemies made plans of wire, he made his of string - that is, he always left something to the inspiration of the moment.
Frail and pliable as string, yet in the end strong as a rope ladder,..."

In many ways, these plans of string hold our homeschool.

Leonie in Sydney

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