Am Jan 18, 2007 um 19:39 schrieb Paul D. Fernhout: > I guess you have your work cut out for you then to write one. :-) > > Thanks for the comments on Babelfish. > > --Paul Fernhout > > P.S. [... links ...]
I'll have a look there. I was actually hoping for a personal recommendation, but if you don't have any, well, thanks anyway :) > I know that unschooling or homeschooling is generally not as > available in > Europe as in the USA, but I also think that alternative schools, like > Montessori, Waldorf, or the Sudbury model are perhaps more common > (as you > yourself discovered already). Personally, I think the "Free school" > model > is the most workable compromise given today's society, and if I > lived in > Europe I would be thinking more about those. I'd even consider it > if my > family lived nearby one here in the USA. I guess there is something > I can > thank the USA's social conservative movement for -- homeschooling laws > making unschooling possible. :-) Yes, homeschooling is actually illegal in Germany. > I can't imagine how much fun it would be to teach Python in such a > setting, where if the kids are working with you they are doing it > out of > genuine interest (even if it might not be long lasting). Those schools > tend to expect more parental involvement in the schools, and I know > if I > sent a child to one, as a parent, I'd want to be offering Python (or > Squeak) programming experiences to all the kids there as a volunteer. ... which is indeed exactly what my wife did (with some general assistance from me) in that free Montessori school :) - Bert - _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig