I’m fortunate to appreciate failure.
Our new sink is ugly and leaky, but I’ve learned a lot and the failures will be fixed.
Not a Plumber
Radicalized
A Facebook friend was bemoaning how people who have been let down, lied to, and downright abused by the medical industrial complex have become radicalized.
I say hurrah. We should be radicalized against an industry that has led Americans into becoming the least healthy population on the planet.
I haven’t finished either of these podcast episodes, but they each offer radical narratives in contrast to mainstream medical assumptions.
The fun part is that they take wildly different approaches. The first, with Bret Weinstein and Jessica Rose, assumes germ theory is correct and analyzes the specific make-up and origin of the Covid-19 pathogen.
This second episode examines modern diagnoses from a terrain theory point-of-view. It’s a broader discussion the covers Lymes, Covid, HIV and AIDS, raw milk, and a host of other medical topics from a decidedly radical perspective.
His First Recital
Another unexpected turn from my musical children.
Ink and Community
We haven’t been to a lot of Allschoolers park day meetups recently. We’re in a different season of life with work, music, jiu-jitsu, and other interests pulling us in different directions.
In all these endeavors, I am constantly reminded of how Allschoolers remains a critical support structure for me family.
My girlfriend and I opened By Her Hand Tattoos last year and we’ve been able to serve several Allschoolers. Just this week, we had one client referred to us by a member and another Allschooler with a very special project.
Two sisters trusted us with a memorial piece. They didn’t know we had a homeschooling connection, but we put it together quickly. I lost my wife almost seven years ago and Kristen’s memorial tattoos have become a part of my healing process.
Thank you to everyone in the group. You have been a positive constant through the last four years.
Jiu-jitsu Days
My sons and I were all promoted last month. The journey continues with this awesome crew.
Leadership
Isaac is taking the next step in his jiu-jitsu journey.
He’s been chosen to join a new leadership team at Elevated Studios. The older youth now have a vehicle for becoming mentors to the younger kids.
On a Walk
The boys ran, jumped, raced, and climbed more than they walked, but it was a wonderful way to spend the waning day with them.
Recycled
Just digging up some older posts on deschooling:
https://delawaredad.com/2024/10/09/grateful-for-deschooling-and-unschooling/
https://delawaredad.com/2024/09/04/homeschool-now/
https://delawaredad.com/2024/03/13/dont-teach/
https://delawaredad.com/2023/02/23/on-unhealthy-assumptions/
https://delawaredad.com/?p=5899
https://delawaredad.com/?p=5140
“What am I doing wrong?”
We attended Junior Rifle Club‘s Pumpkin Shoot today. Westen was missing the targets with a handgun and asked one of the volunteers, “What am I doing wrong?”
It was a small gesture, but this kid has been acting very self-assured in all of his dealings with me.
It’s nice to know he still has a capacity for humility.
Unschool Politics
I’m an anarchist and voluntarist, former right winger, and have the high openness of a modern American liberal.
Although biased against government force and coercion, I try to steel man the various political concepts that arise in popular discourse.
Although I sheltered them from politics for much of their youth, it is now a vibrant topic with my teen sons.