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Education, Teaching, Learning, Curiosity and Media During the Big Change

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The big change has been going on now for a few months, in fact it has now been over two months for my household since we've been able to interact in person with family, friends, or community;other than brief and socially-distanced interactions with our neighbors. Our household consumes a lot of media, but most of it is educational in nature.  I love learning, as I believe all do, and use the Internet extensively, along with writing, making diagrams, and talking with others (especially family) to learn.  The rest of my household uses the internet in a similar way, my sons are learning, bit by bit, how to use it most effectively for self-directed learning, but a little at a time. My sons are both actively working on learning about monetary systems, and are making money systems ( complementary currencies ) that they can use inside, and eventually outside, the household. We already are using a local currency within the household called "screen pennies", which the sons e...