Andy scrobe:
In short, in
>childhood, the money relation exists on the periphery of her
>world, but it is the periphery that leads to the real world, the world
>outside of family and teachers, the world into which she will one day
>"grow
>up".
>
> i just came across an eight-year-old child's essay on the topic -
>interesting, the topic was chosen by the child. i thought you'd be
>interested in it.
>
> Money
> One time my grandma and grandpa had 500 dollars. For my mom's Christmas
>present she got 100 dollars. Some people are rude when they have money.
>Some people are rich when they have money. You could get your money out
>of the bank. You could use your savings that you have. Some people are
>selfish when they have money. Some people have money in their account.
>My sister has 25 cents. I do not (have) any money. My mom does not have
>money. I like to have money a lot lot. My sister has not spent her
>money yet. She is going to keep it for Jump Rope for Heart. I like to
>keep money for my self.
>
>______
>
well, andy, you can see how complexly money for this child is interwoven
through social and family relationships - which leads me to believe,
when you ask about "how" children learn about money, that for we
westerners, money is an attribute of every social activity. (i suppose
that's redundant - every activity is social)
phillip
>
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>The English noun "identity" comes, ultimately, from the
>Latin adverb "identidem", which means "repeatedly."
>The Latin has exactly the same rhythm as the English,
>buh-BUM-buh-BUM - a simple iamb, repeated; and
>"identidem" is, in fact, nothing more than a
>reduplication of the word "idem", "the same":
>"idem(et)idem". "Same(and) same". The same,
>repeated. It is a word that does exactly what
>it means.
>
> from "The Elusive Embrace" by Daniel
>Mendelsohn.
>
>phillip white
>third grade teacher
>doctoral student http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~hacms_lab/index.htm
>scrambling a dissertation
>denver, colorado
>phillip_white@ceo.cudenver.edu
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