tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post113326162856576105..comments2024-02-23T10:53:19.705+00:00Comments on Dare to Know: Home Schooling Blog AwardsCarlottahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1133402076055460122005-12-01T01:54:00.000+00:002005-12-01T01:54:00.000+00:00Hi Carlotta,You make sense. I guess I am too damag...Hi Carlotta,<BR/>You make sense. I guess I am too damaged to appreciatte those things healthily anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1133392284068113592005-11-30T23:11:00.000+00:002005-11-30T23:11:00.000+00:00Hi Leo,I think competition and award systems are o...Hi Leo,<BR/><BR/>I think competition and award systems are only coercive if people experience these as such. Sometimes they are just fun, and failure can be experienced very positively. <BR/><BR/>I never, ever, ever once won in any sporting competition within my family. They were all SO much better than I was. But I never resented it. I loved the fact that they were good and admired their skills and freely chose to compete with them.<BR/><BR/>Given that these awards are pretty much voluntary, and I imagine that if you felt that you didn't want to compete, you could get your nomination withdrawn, I think that they could be just a bit of fun and could be very useful in pointing the way to other interesting reads.Carlottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12686469871331093679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1133353073733343342005-11-30T12:17:00.000+00:002005-11-30T12:17:00.000+00:00I know homeschooling in the US is a whole differen...I know homeschooling in the US is a whole different thing, but the whole point for me is to be against school and all it represents, including the award system it trains people to accept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1133266652651362522005-11-29T12:17:00.000+00:002005-11-29T12:17:00.000+00:00Absolutely, they can be nominated in all categorie...Absolutely, they can be nominated in all categories. I just made a specific international category to pick the best outside of the US. But all categories are open to all nations.Spunkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068332867549188303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11652148.post-1133265284064037122005-11-29T11:54:00.000+00:002005-11-29T11:54:00.000+00:00Do you think one can nominate UK blogs for any cat...Do you think one can nominate UK blogs for any category, or just for the international one? I have been looking at the nominations just now, and you're nominated already :-)<BR/><BR/>CxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com