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Jackie Burt
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Try to Say Yes!
This video was created by Emily Edwards in April, 2012. It highlights some of the best parts of Orsch. Thank you Emily! We will always...
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Jackie Burt
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A Tale of Two Gardens
The flowers are wilting. Humans are not fit for the environment in which we immerse them during years of formal education. Sameness is...
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Jackie Burt
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Sameness
Unfortunately the US educational system encompasses an environment based on sameness. In an educational setting, sameness leads to...
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Jackie Burt
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A Child's Natural Habitat
A Child’s Natural Habitat As our school developed, I came to realize that the happiness and success we observed in students was because...
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Jackie Burt
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...ever seen a toddler waste time?
A toddler is constantly bumbling around from engaging activity to engaging activity, often choosing activity over food or sleep,...
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Jackie Burt
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Horses and Carts
For decades we have been trying to push a cart with the nose of a horse. The Horse The horse is strength, freedom, individuality, and...
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Jackie Burt
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To Require Proficiency is Counter-productive
In an attempt to standardize, leave no child behind, and reach rigid benchmarks, traditional public education introduces detrimental...
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Jackie Burt
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Serrated Edge
Now can be as delicate as a soft loaf of fresh-baked sourdough straight out of the oven. To cut through the surface requires a fitting...
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Jackie Burt
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The Blog Life I Have Always Wanted!
(Update: January 11, 2018) This post was written and posted Oct 5, 2015. Following this post, I spent the next three-plus years...
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Jackie Burt
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You Changes
Written Sept 13, 2016. Your you evolves. A concept perhaps we should all embrace. Most of my life I have called myself a mountain girl....
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Jackie Burt
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Unstuck
Written April 25, 2018 This evening I found myself on a thoughtful, solo walk in the park. Gratefully my life offers this now. I have...
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Jackie Burt
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I don't really want to be perfect.
Written June 5, 2018 It just isn’t me. Asking me to be perfect is like asking a cat to bark, or asking a dog to meow. 🙂 It is like...
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Jackie Burt
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ThinkRadio Presents
It was lovely to have a conversation about kids with Alan Wartes! Thank you Alan and Issa! Personally, I like the audio version best… 🙂...
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Jackie Burt
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Are you their God? It's me, Jackie.
I grew up in a Christian household(s). My parents divorced when I was a baby, but each were influential in my upbringing. My mother...
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