Unschooling: Learning Free

a homeschooling family discusses formal structured learning versus child-led learning

Category:

Education

Tags:

• unschooling
• homeschooling
• education
• learning

[radiofreeschool]

that song was an improvised piece by an unschooled girl named Evelyna (who was about 7-years-old at the time!)

[organicmichael]

i wish i could unlearn much of what i was taught in school.

[Treemeadow]

see how well that boy communicates with his mom, looking her in the eye, expressing himself. Unlike a lot of young teenage boys I know.

[feardabears]

dumb people dont even know how top speak

[theantiadult]

Cool video.I agree with unschooling people can b smarter than there parents even wen there under 10.people need 2b free and choose wat and how they learn.

[schmeeling]

@Treemeadow by 'anyone else' I meant the people watching the video. That sentence was about 3 times longer than it needed to be and still didn't make much sense. By the way the fact that I can't validate what I said is why I said 'IN MY OPINION!!!' I never tried to make out it was a fact.

[schmeeling]

@Treemeadow Yeah nervous that he's gonna say the wrong thing in front of his parents, and yes that is just my opinion, it doesn't mean I am wrong though. Also if those parts of the brain being separate had anything to do with it, everyone would struggle with sentences like that. So that was completely irrelevant. Also I am studying psychology where thinking out the box is very important, if you had done it you wouldn't have judged me on one comment!

[Treemeadow]

@schmeeling I was educated in a fine boarding school. and an excellent college.

I also stuggle speaking verbally. Why? Because the parts of the brain dealing with knowledge and producing speech are two seperate areas. Perhaps that child was nervous?

Your inability to show "outside the box" insight is demonstrative of the typical "taught to the test" education that is so common in schools.

[Treemeadow]

@schmeeling What do you mean "anyone else". There were only two ppl in that scene.

I don't think you're assertion has any validation- I don't see any proof for what you're saying apart from that its what you want to thinl.

[schmeeling]

@Treemeadow he didn't communicate well with anyone else though, the majority of that sentence made no sense and he also showed how his parents forced him into that kind of education. He was saying what he really thought then tried to cover it up for his parents in my opinion.

[schmeeling]

It's a shame homeschooling didn't teach that kid to produce a coherant sentence!

[melcabral]

@spleenblender well I will give you that. There is no way to verify unless you happen to have footage, but it is definitely out of the norm. What people have to realize is Unschooling doesn't claim genius, it is simply another valid way to educate a child that is at the very LEAST just as effective and can be better for many.