stephenscorzo

Growing up I had been listening to a variety of music since my father was a musician. It was mainly modern classical music to which I had liked and still do, a couple of composers come to mind like Stravinsky, Hindemith, Anton Webern. I also grew up hearing Frank Zappa. When I had gotten money I would buy Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson around late 8th Grade. When I got older I got into metal like Korn, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and my favorite band, Exhorder. I felt misunderstood, like I was a failure at things and was ugly and unwanted. I had immense hate and (still do to some degree) feelings of alienation back then. There was something therapeutic about listening to all of that.

My cousin has the same kind of sarcasm to opposition that my mother has. It starts off like they're your friend and listening to your point of you and then when you start making points that make them feel insecure they attack by ridicule rather than argument. At least my older brother attempts to use arguments when we have disagreements. I don't make a lot of money, I have a child and need resource help at times, this makes me feel sick and my wife's family is not that different maybe a little worse since there is no real resources. Part of getting resources means going to family functions for holidays. I am disgusted with my cousin and I don't want to go any more or have anything to do with my mom's side of the family if they're going to berate me for giving a damn about freedom. I don't know if there is any way easier to do this. It seems like I already have my finger pulling on the grenade pin of defriending more than just my cousin. I don't know what to do, at least not right now at this point in time.

I posted Steph's video about Robin Williams and my cousin posted a "::jerking off::" motion in my comments. I feel so angry that being Anarcho-Capitalist means friends and family refuse to debate and would rather attack my character than discuss or defend the opposite positions. The implications mean I lose more and more of my old circle but then I realize I never had friends to begin with and I feel sadness and anger that I had ever had loyalty to people when they end up just having a lack of compassion like my mother is with me. I have anxiety because during the holidays I will see my cousin and I don't want to see my family now.

This is absolutely fascinating stuff! I heard a podcast today from stefan where he instructed the caller to simply not lead people or suggest people things and i felt like a bolt of lightning hit me. I realize that i need to allow my child the independence and freedom of working out problems independently. most of the education will be from experiences he will learn. we watch shows where i ask him about ethics and the morality of characters like captain hook and the neverland pirates. we watch snoopy which he notices right away a difference in the characters. its mainly fear, however I am confident that in the era we live in if my son wants to learn to read and write there are no shortage of free resources, books, libraries and other groups we can go to for basic reading, writing and arithmatic. I will seek out the trivium method, but first I will learn philosophy so that i have an understand what learning truly is. there is still a lot i have to undo As i was in public school myself, especially given the capital punishment of having a learning disability.

This was very useful into the processes of tantrums. I work to support my family, but I live with Grandparents and my wife who was raised more old school. It is really frustrating hearing my father talk down to my son in a very angry impatient and contradictory way, not to mention see my wife distressed over how these things are handled. There is no hitting here, but there is yelling and shaming. (I.e. my son gets a toy, but when he rearranges it, disassembles it, breaks it, the grandfather gets infuriated with him, as well as mom.) There is always a cause, people think kids are like these vacuums that spontaneously emit noise. I empathize because my son gets pretty pissed off when he sees me leave. I am the only one he doesn't tantrum out on and everyone in my house wonders why. I think I will keep a journal of conflict resolution with my son, my wife, my father and document my findings to see if there is any correlated behaviors that can be data mined from the outcomes.

I have an older brother who lives in England who loves socialism. Unlike him, I do not have a Doctorate in Philosophy I have an associates degree from a trade school in IT. He's returned to southern california and the inevitable debates have arisen when we meet: 1. You cannot rely on the market to solve your problems because it is 50/50 chance of a solution, where as a law will make people uncomfortable and force them to change. His example: Whether or not I have created a Dispute Resolution Agency, it is still fifty fifty that the girl abused by her father will get any immunity from such services, nor if they belong to a collective such as Christian Conservatives, abuse will be condoned and resources pulled will be aggregated towards a DRA that supports their views, where as a law will outlaw that. His secondary premise is that people are comfortable with things and nothing will get done if they are comfortable that's why there needs to be laws. 2. The reason why Compton sucks is evidence that the market has failed. Because they choose shitty services when they can choose better ones but don't. They cannot rely on fixing the neighborhoods the way England has. England uses social welfare to make sure that people get better and more humane treatment, because socialism helps people become liberated and individuals, and without that there would be no recovery. Even though these practices are corrupt he thinks you cant destroy something just because it is corrupt, because everything is corrupt. 3. You need a central authority because if you don't have it, people will hurt one another and some people may become exploited and not be able to market their skills and become solid individuals. He states something about how a free market company called Phil Jones Gas sucks and takes 24 hours to get a gas repairman which means icy cold death for people, when British gas does it right away, and that people can choose to use British Gas (socialized gas) but use Phil Jones because it is easier and it's already there, which means with no regulation people will get shittier service. 4. Redistribution is good because of John Lock's philosophy about property, which says it would inefficient to have people share everything and it would also be inefficient for people to have too much property. He also uses Plato and Aristotle to similarly make the claim the redistribution is good and necessary for the government to do. 5. Even though the government is corrupt, it must stay in place because no one will have any order without it. Regulations are good and what keep things fair. After hearing these revolting 5 points, I must say, it's much too difficult to argue, I know it's wrong, I can't allow it to go unchecked, and I hear now that my brother want's to get into politics in England. What kind of counters does everyone see in some of these points, I apologize already if it is hastily typed, I can try to clarify on any of the points. Thanks guys.

I'm sorry for taking a long time, I mean basically what kind of teaching do you do when you homeschool. I've heard of Dayna Martin's unschooling and I've heard of peaceful parenting which seems non-coercive and where the focus is on having the child learn on their own pace. I will have to generate income for the family at least until I can market my skills at a consultant level which can offer me more time to be with my son. I will have to show my wife what to do about this, this isn't going to be a breeze because we're at different stages in our education. Point is, I don't know how to set this up without it being just the cliches I hear about my son sitting around watching TV all day while the rest of society thinks he should be in a classroom. However, I will have to write out and organize my and my wife's role in our son's education, I just need to establish what that will be based on what we have Thanks.

As someone who is seriously considering homeschooling my son, what are some of the guiding principles a homeschooling facilator should have?

Thank you all for your really excellent responses to this difficult question. As a parent, I will just have to be far more assertive with my parents as well as provide a valid case to my wife. Moving out of their house might be a great start. John Taylor Gato seems like an excellent start, especially since he used to be a teacher. As for my son's socialization, I will most likely just have to create a meet up for like minded parents in my area which seems to lack in my area at the moment.

the tone is that of concern, but there really isn't any curiosity almost hostility. they're really scared of my choice but ever since I've listened to free domain radio I've really kind of made enemies from my hyper liberal parents. everything right breast is that crazy libertarian ideology that scares them. my mother tried telling me to listen to reason by using ad hominems against me. my dad is a little bit nicer next time what I say make sense, my wife is the same but having my son all day kind of scares her, I think that's a major mitigating factors as well.

Things I hear from her and my family for that matter are: 1. School is a place for you to socialize with other kids. 2. if you don't send your kids to school, he won't learn the value of competition and will be very stunted. 3. it will look very weird to a prospective employer seeing that the kid never went to any regular school. furthermore, public school prepares children for college. 4. (from my older brother) Growing up Steve your father was very lazy, you are very lazy, you will do a terrible job because one thing school has, is discipline what you don't have. Lastly, my wifes main concern is about socialization. She is worried that he won't have the kids to play with. She doesn't really have a car to go to a lot of these events, am I pretty much work 8 hours a day non stop Monday through Friday.although it's a major discussions we've been having we've been breaking through that idea, she just wants to get more involved in the process of seeing how it works, this means she wants to see tangible results, she wants to see this action, she wants very practical ways to do it.

the standardization is also what bugs me too. I grew up having a learning disability, I've been classified as learning disabled. The bullying and constant stress shouldn't be a part of any kids life. I will get an audio book version of gato's works so that me and her can listen each night.

When I feel this type of anxiety take hold I think about the movie fight club and think about how hard it must have been to have let go. The scene where tyler durden asks everyone in the car what they wanted to do when they grew up, and how jack faught to get the wheel from tyler. I am married and have a three year old child. I work tirelessly in IT paid half because I need the experience. I am enrolled in a career college (think devry) in a bachelor's program. I understand your pain, yet it feels like that self destructive letting go of the wheel will bring a new world of opportunity. If they choose to deny you that, what other choices lie hidden deep in the cracks. What sunk costs are hiding hidden costs. I know the only thing holding me back is fear of the unknown. If you want to get deep in thought one day, draw a matrix of all the possibilities you forgo when you attende school. There is mastery hours of doing something, moneuu you can earn in the here and now. It just takes seeing it.

I don't have any understanding my bearing as to why I can freak out about school and get passing grades, yet procrastinate on diets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8RulhBVzbk After watching that, my anger and rage boils. Yet no one sees how fucked up school really is. I have a 3 year old and live in the United States. I struggled and had a lot of hardship in dealing with school, and my parents who I live with seem to think that is good if it happens to my son. I work and my wife is stay at home with my son every day. I work to contribute to the house, I don't make a whole lot and I will make less when I have to pay student loans. I had Do I make a very strong case to people who think school is good? Thanks, Steve