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Schooling, Homeschooling, and Now, "Unschooling"
ciaohound writes "The Baltimore Sun has a story about 'unschooling,' which is like homeschooling except, well, without the schooling. '...unschooling incorporates every facet of a child's life into the education process, allowing a child to follow his passions and learn at his own pace, year-round. And it assumes that an outing at the park — or even hours spent playing a video game — can be just as valuable a teaching resource as Hooked on Phonics.' If you have ever been forced to sit in a classroom where no learning was taking place, you may understand the appeal. A driving force behind the movement is parents' dissatisfaction with regular schools, and presumably with homeschooling as well. Yet few researchers are even aware of unschooling and little research exists on its effectiveness. Any Slashdotters who have experience with 'unschooling?'"
Once they graduate from unschooling then they can master unworking so they can earn their unhome that goes with their unspouse.
Sounds like a fancy name for goofing off, skiving and truancy.
So... from your ability to spell, all of these apply to you.
Sounds like a fancy name for goofing off, skiving and truancy.
Naw, we're jus teachin' the kids to run the farm an read the Bible, thas all they need!
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That would certainly be true if were all so thick that we couldn't understand that our own family != all families.
But don't beat yourself up for making such a ridiculous comment, it's probably you parents' fault.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Totally agree. All those eastern ivy league elitists with their "degrees" and "applicable training". I can take my kid to the park and teach him about biology. "See that butterfly, son? That's a mollusk! Or is that a moth? Or a bat? I can never tell." Of course, if I want to raise my kids that way, that's my American right! Schools are run by egghead communists who have some semblance of a chance of identifying my kid's talents and aptitudes, and fostering them to their full potential.
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Please send your children to school. If you don't like your public school, do what everyone else does and move until you find one you like. You, I, and 99% of all parents are ridiculously underequipped to educate their children independently of trained professionals. Your kid could cure cancer. Please?
And my sister! And our daughter!
You must unlearn what you know, before you can, uh, know what, uhm, you've unlearned? No, wait. When you unlearn what you think you know, you unthink what... crap, that's even worse. Give me a minute here...
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
It's funny how things change. When I was young, we didn't have the term "unschooling." Back then we just called it "dropping out."
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
owosh!
But... the future refused to change.
Go big or go home. Why be diet evil when you can be "GREAT EVIL!"
died due to electrical shock
Cow pies! As I child I was zapped many times futzing around with electrons. I'm still here. -twitch-
Once they graduate from unschooling then they can master unworking so they can earn their unhome that goes with their unspouse.
unschooling ~ Like school, but not boring.
unworking ~ Like work, but not boring.
unhome ~ Like home, but not boring.
unspouse ~ Like a spouse, but not boring.
WHERE DO I SIGN UP???
I got a FULL SCHOOLERSHIP into ANY state school (ASU, UofA or NAU) because my SAT scores were nearly perfect
This sentence is the best!
When the policeman of the tie, rule you violate, hello punishment of the kitty?
What a hideous colour khaki is! I'd hate to be a Delta.
Definately Arizona State Material
D6 63 0D 70 89 81 BB 8E 7B 7C 5F 5D 54 EA AB 73
Right here under my hat,
I keep Little Kid D,
Along with Little Kid E, Kid F, and Kid G.
I keep them about,
And when I need help
I just doff my headpiece
And let them right out.
Well where I went to school and was bored they thought I was 'gifted' too. They put me in a 2nd grade mentally challenged class until I started bringing in history books.
which is a rather silly thing to argue about.
Don't argue with him! He's in the top 1 percentile intelligence!