tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599103.post3885854523636921760..comments2023-10-06T04:29:12.612-07:00Comments on Learning Life Through Unschooling: While we're on the topic...Lauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05164102202026440334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599103.post-73862660415367088822007-09-28T14:27:00.000-07:002007-09-28T14:27:00.000-07:00I did not watch the show, but I'm interested in yo...I did not watch the show, but I'm interested in your observations. We used to watch "The Amazing Race" with the kids. We'd point out how the people who didn't argue, the people who supported each other and were nice, were the ones who usually ended up winning the tasks. The show had nice views of the world, and it had something to teach about traveling, too.<BR/>However, the show seemed to change after we watched a few seasons. Now it seems they are going out of the way to pick people who will fight, and it's more than my husband and I can take.<BR/>From what you describe, I think the "Kid Nation" producers did give them too much help. I think in more primitive, smaller societies, there isn't as much division of labor as what we experience in most of America. So if the first thing the show did was divide the kids into teams, that doesn't seem to be helping. They should have just provided the kids with enough food that doesn't require cooking, barrels of apples and such. We don't want to see them literally starving.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13543690962370750842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599103.post-25673250018514546312007-09-26T14:29:00.000-07:002007-09-26T14:29:00.000-07:00Hmmmmm...I have never seen the show but now I am c...Hmmmmm...I have never seen the show but now I am curious. I would have probably been one of the adults to take charge and tell them what they need to do. lol<BR/>I CAN'T HELP IT! I am a control freak and that is what makes us all so special with God-different personalities! I have to go with that.Jean 2https://www.blogger.com/profile/05707401619432579329noreply@blogger.com