Possum Living: What is Unschooling?

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Whether you agree with it or not, this is worth watching.

SurvivalTopics.com said...: Alas, "no longer available".; May 9, 2008 10:01 AM
Tracy said...: Try it again. That's a common glitch. Sometimes ckicking the start button in the center returns the "no longer available" message, while clicking the button in the lower left corner works.
I just tried it, and it plays.; May 9, 2008 10:16 AM
Nan said...: So, if schools have only been around for less than 200 years, I guess the Boston Latin School's claim of having been founded as a public school in 1635 (273 years ago) is false?

Kids may love to learn, but if the result of either unschooling or home schooling is that the child hits adulthood unable to write coherent sentences, do simple math, or comprehend what they read (whether it's a job application or a Russian novel), it's not unschooling, it's nurtured ignorance.

And, yes, one of the latent functions of structured schools is to socialize children into being workers once they're adults -- but are you really doing kids any favors by encouraging them to be complete free spirits and then having them hit a massive reality check at age 16, 18, or whenever it is that they end up having to follow an occasional direction or order from someone else?; May 12, 2008 12:42 PM