tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post4244083948903215959..comments2023-09-18T21:43:47.885-07:00Comments on Remains of the Day: Rainbow BridgesAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-42499668079955531052009-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:002009-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00Those misogynistic fairy tales make terribly good ...Those misogynistic fairy tales make terribly good object lesson for how not to treat people, male, female or imaginary.<BR/><BR/>As an old school English teacher, I hold with the notion that the Western Canon is the canon for reasons we cannot understand because we are immersed in our own history.<BR/><BR/>That is not to say we have to swallow it whole and genuflect in the direction of H.C. Andersen's Denmark. There are some really good fairy tales from other cultures that celebrate female ways. I may be able to put my hands on one if I step over near the bookshelf.Lee Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01147787484739829179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-56365052173225806482009-02-13T16:56:00.000-08:002009-02-13T16:56:00.000-08:00We are heretics. We will burn.We are heretics. We will burn.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-39130076275449022722009-02-12T17:49:00.000-08:002009-02-12T17:49:00.000-08:00It's funny how even though Montessori and Waldorf ...It's funny how even though Montessori and Waldorf are almost exact opposites in some ways, the same people are drawn to both (at least I am)--my dream school would have a Montessori room and a Waldorf room and children could wander freely between them both (plus lots of wide open outdoor space)...hmmm maybe the dogmatic types would call this blasphemy?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-83298014669695170652009-02-12T17:43:00.000-08:002009-02-12T17:43:00.000-08:00Even though we are sort of die hard Montessori typ...Even though we are sort of die hard Montessori types (but not so die hard that we don't love fantasy), I definitely see the lure of Waldorf. My friend on the Saints And Spinners blog sends her daughter to a Waldorf school.Lone Star Mahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339475499304565638noreply@blogger.com