Dismantling the Criticisms of Unschooling 1

I really didn't mention that the things schools think kids need to know (like more than the basics I mentioned) is what I think is ridiculous.

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[alienorade]

Word--education professional speaking (certified teacher w/ masters).

[UnschoolingEagle]

@alienorade Cool to see someone else in the field agree. I have a substitute certificate and I got it after these videos were put up. Substituting and being in school and watching teaches really solidified my position.

[liensvoice]

meh. school is McDonald's.. 1) efficiency-cough-, 2) predictability, 3) uniformity, and 4) control. in trying to be efficient by following regulations, school actually split from it's purpose.

your math example: if you solve "x" another method and achieve the same result, you did nothing wrong. it's wrong because you didn't follow the rules.

bye now. off i go to the learning facility, oh privileged me~!

anyways, i am truly envious of unschoolers.. wish my parents didn't worship "education".

[UnschoolingEagle]

@liensvoice I wish you luck.... I am in college and while I have a lot of issues with our countries college/university system... it is still much better than the forced learning of high, middle, and elementary school. Just remember to not do the same to your kids... it is difficult but finding the right girl/guy to agree with you is possible... even if they don't agree right away.

[kozychik]

Just watched RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

His research was applied to the jobsite; but if you replace the word job with school, I think you have an excellent scientific argument for unschooling.

[UnschoolingEagle]

@SBRslacker00 Yeah that is quite ridiculous. IMO Schools can be improved I feel they are way too ageist and rigid at the moment. Hell in my Educational Psychology class I had last week most people agreed that a curriculum that was designed by teacher AND student is much better... for some reason people just don't implement it.... then again my kids won't go to school unless they want to so it doesn't matter to me lol but everyone deserves better.

[SBRslacker00]

@UnschoolingEagle

I hear ya. I had an English teacher in high school who was a football coach. He didn't even have his degree in English! His teaching degree was in poly-sci, but our school apparently needed him to be a football coach, so they fudged it or whatever. The guy was a total prick and I got into a fight with him. He was able to hold my high school diploma until I offered an apology to him, if you can believe that! I wish I wouldn't have, but I just wanted to move on to college.

[UnschoolingEagle]

@SBRslacker00 It is true for my first algebra teacher in high school. He was also the football coach and more interested in passing the football players than actually teaching. That being said when I re-took the class I got an A and when college told me I had to take it again I got an A. Problem is I don't think I'll ever need it. I mean if you could point out a common situation in which I needed algebra I'd admit you are right... doesn't mean I think it is needed to be force fed to students.

[SBRslacker00]

Your algebra class example towards the end of this clip gives me the impression that you had a very terrible math instructor. Luckily, my algebra teachers were very receptive to alternative approaches as long as I could show my work (essentially compiling a 'proof''). I suppose some instructors get lazy in the tenure system, which I suspect might be happening here. I did some student teaching as an undergrad and I continued the same way, letting the student show me rather than me showing them.

[UnschoolingEagle]

@BozzyxThexScizor Hey thanks for the comments on the videos! It is always great to hear from someone actually living what I believe in. It is great that you wrote two novels. If you don't mind me asking... what are they about?