From unschooled Favorite Daughter’s “O Calvin My Calvin” today :
Through a series of murky circumstances that I characterize as the tragic misunderstanding typical of our school system and which he prefers not to talk about, he wound up in remedial classes. . .
I won’t detail the horrors endured there, but the high point of his reaction to it was being sent home with a referral reading “caused a major student uprising”. . .
He said, and I quote: “The Declaration of Independence was not written on a cocktail napkin!”
The rest of the class broke into song –
As the song reached a crescendo – “Teacher, leave them kids alone!” – the principal walked in.“What is it now? he asked.
“I’m fighting tyranny!” Calvin proclaimed. . .
I LOVED your daughter’s post, especially the comic she shared. It’s the second reference to Calvin and Hobbes in this past week from an unschooler. Cool connections are everywhere!
http://zenmommasgarden.blogspot.com/2007/04/one-more-reason.html