The Nature of Unschooling

We have decided to homeshool our daughter. Linda has a number of exceptionaities, one being music-she is well above average in reading music and playing a variety of instruemnts. Unfortunately, she has other exceptionalities which tend to be the entire focus of her schooling experience. We have concluded that on balance she learns best from us and on her own schedule, The Institution simply isn't able to meet her needs.

hey 'less-xotic'....tell us how you phucked Raquel Welch with your masters....we know how you love to brag...and lie...what a hopeless pathetic excuse for a person...

i like unschooling. unfortunatly i think most parents that pursue it keep their kids sheltered. they dont take them on enough trips to different places, and they keep them inside. i think if your gonna pursue unschooling u should have the free time to take ur kids places, or a large amount of land for them to play on.

Oh, so you're an EXPERT. Now I understand. *Rolls eyes*

WTF? Erm, virtually all of the unschoolers I've met are decidedly left wing. What's this crap about unschoolers somehow morphing into republicans?

i never met an unschooler

Yes, home schoolers get real world learning. Kids learn well outside of the school experience. Un-schoolers on average are excellent readers, thinkers, speakers and so on. However, College is a lot like public school and not at all like being home schooled. Higher level math and science requires an expertise few parents possess. College is still essential as graduates will on average make a million dollars more over a lifetime. Public schools are still needed. Why turn our backs?

I know of lots of unschoolers who either went or are going to college or university. That's not really an issue at all...

I am not an unschooler, I'm more eclectic in my approach, but I did attend an unschooling conference. I was VERY impressed with the teens I met there. VERY.

as long as u got the cash, there's plenty of universities thatll take anyone