tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501936778900191084.post9189200173321192599..comments2023-06-05T12:01:57.650-04:00Comments on Preserving DC Stables: Child's Play in the AlleyUnstable Liveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02199389696917774322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501936778900191084.post-22409054067857006532011-02-03T05:23:56.431-05:002011-02-03T05:23:56.431-05:00Children are growing up today overstimulated by a ...Children are growing up today overstimulated by a digital deluge and under-stimulated by interpersonal "real time" contacts with peers and elders. How is this generation (millennials) going to effectively teach the next generation? Agree that the photo of the children and the blacksmith speaks volumes about meaningful experiences of education and the "informal curriculum"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501936778900191084.post-44928055760633252492011-02-02T15:03:01.137-05:002011-02-02T15:03:01.137-05:00My deepest desire is to see these images again, li...My deepest desire is to see these images again, live. I am particularly moved by the one depicting children talking to an old tradesman, one would like to think that knowledge and abilities were transmitted this way, down to the following generation..... <br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6501936778900191084.post-69855353661873698122011-02-02T07:58:47.997-05:002011-02-02T07:58:47.997-05:00Alleys were not always places of unhappiness, crim...Alleys were not always places of unhappiness, crime, disease and despair. Borchert wrote “Alley children displayed few signs of disorder and delinquency – on the contrary, they appear to be well integrated into the alley community. … Through music and other forms of entertainment alley children created their own amusements; and more important, by working through traditional forms they maintained key integrating experiences. <br />Alley Life in Washington by Borchert, 1980 page 165Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com