7 Things My 7 Year Old Learned From MMA (Mixed Martial Arts)
18 Aug
Posted by Steve as Education, Family, Freedom, Health, Leadership
If your kids are like mine, and don’t care for team sports, MMA is an excellent alternative. My son does MMA training 3 nights a week at the American School of Martial Arts in Savage MN. When he chose to take Karate, we visited several different schools, and he decided on MMA. He liked the [...]
The lessons kids learn in school that aren’t part of the official curriculum are the most powerful lessons taught in these institutions. John Taylor Gatto wrote about the unofficial lessons he taught in school. Today I have one to add to his list. Respect can be achieved through the purchase and acquisition of status symbols. [...]
In 1984, during the 9th Grade I skipped 90 days of school, or about half the school year. I spent most of those days reading at the Penn Lake Library in Bloomington MN. The brilliant High School student in this video explains why my behavior wasn’t as stupid as you’d think: Hat Tip to Dr. [...]
We have an unprecedented opportunity to educate ourselves today. The gatekeepers of knowledge have been swept away. When I find content like this, I have to share it with you. Marc Andreessen is brilliant in this interview with Charlie Rose about the future of business. The future will bring more opportunity than ever How business [...]
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Heresy, right? The reason I write posts like this is not to trash college but to challenge the conventional mindset that college must be purchased regardless of any cost benefit analysis. I write to give you a different perspective and I write to ask these questions, Is it possible that the current post-secondary educational system [...]
You guys out in the blogosphere spend a ton of time on your computers and you need to take care of your neck and your eyes and your back and your wrists and well… yourself, because hours in front of a computer can wreak havoc on your body. We have some cool things going on [...]
A Guest Post by Sol Smith The idea of institutionalized education is something that I have dedicated much of my life to. I have a Masters of Fine Arts in Writing and am a few short semesters away from a Doctorate of Education. While I teach students how to write for a living, there are [...]
In a recent post, Rick Cockrum asked the question, Can You Spell Bibliophile? Rick, thanks for the question. My love affair with books goes back to my earliest memories. I can’t imagine a world without real tangible books you can hold in your hands. Books are my DOC (Drug of Choice) I cherish my memories of… [...]
Are children today getting enough contact with the natural world? Do they still dig in the dirt, build forts, and observe the animals frolic in the trees? Do you remember the hours of fun you had in the woods with just a stick and your imagination? With all of our technology and entertainment it is easy for children to miss out on the natural outdoor [...]
