Belinda Moore

The menu last week went well and our WWOOFer enjoyed learning to cook simple, nutritious meals, and eating them!

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This was on Radio National at 5.55pm today.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/

Transcript

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Makes 2 cakes.  Freezes well.

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John Holt

“Why do people take or keep their children out of school? Mostly for three reasons: they think that raising their children is their business not the government’s; they enjoy being with their children and watching and helping them learn, and don’t want to give that up to others; they want to keep them from being hurt, mentally, physically, and spiritually.” John Holt

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Ivan Illich

‘Together we have come to realise that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.’ Ivan Illich

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Here’s a version of an article I wrote in 2005 for Education Choices magazine.

Nationally, the number of babies born to women aged to 24 years continues to decline1. Despite the recent media coverage of ‘irresponsible’ spending of the baby bonus money by teen parents, the reality is that there are no constraints on how the money is spent, and it is just public perception, not reality, that all teenage parents are irresponsible with money. This sensationalism is merely a result of changing trends and media bias toward a minority group2. Only 16 per 1000 babies are born to teenage women - that is about 11000 babies per year in Australia, a figure which is still decreasing annually - these young parents are certainly a minority1. And don’t they know it.

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We enjoyed all meals last week, and our WWOOFer is really enjoying eating here. She doesn’t eat any meat except fish, so enjoys our menu.

This week we have my Mum visiting too, so by the end of the week there might be four adults and six children to feed. That’s a lot of dishes!

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Two of my articles have been re-published in Warm Earth’s July/August issue. One is on gardening with children, and the other on home based learning. I will also have several new articles published by Warm Earth over the coming issues. Stay tuned!

This hommus is so tasty and also easy to make. It freezes well. We eat hommus with falafel and also as a dip or on salad sandwiches.

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Here’s one from the famous Kimmie from Simple Savings. She’s the divine recipe goddess! Slightly adapted by way of using wholemeal flour and raw sugar. We had this between nine people with no cream or anything last night. Was just enough!

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