by Zakiyya Ismail | Feb 3, 2019 | Random Thoughts
< 1 minute readThere’s a facebook meme making it’s rounds in unschooling circles that reads I practice the new, extreme parenting…I call it treating me children like human beings. It’s only new to Western domination culture. New and extreme....
by Zakiyya Ismail | Jan 21, 2019 | Random Thoughts
< 1 minute readMonoculture is destructive. In agriculture and in education. Industrial agriculture, built around monoculture, is falling apart, with an ever increasing need for pesticides and other ‘treatments’ to keep it in place, with farm...
by Zakiyya Ismail | Jan 21, 2019 | Random Thoughts
< 1 minute readME: My children don’t go to school due to illnessThem: Oh dear, What’s the matter?ME: School is very ill! (Fictional Story)Thinking of a career in...
by Zakiyya Ismail | Jan 16, 2019 | Random Thoughts
2 minute readSome of the issues that arise for me in thinking about Malala and her quest for schooling: One of the ironies for me is that her own education is far wider than the schooling system she is advocating for. Her father is an education activist, He is...
by Zakiyya Ismail | Jan 16, 2019 | Random Thoughts
< 1 minute readI was rushing to get the pharmacy to get some relief meds from the chicken pox for my daughter. I had already spoken to the pharmacist so I knew they were closing at 6 and she knew I was on my way. But there was traffic light out and I...
