Unschooling Vs. Homeschooling Vs. Formal Education

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[gexgekko99]

Hey, did you hear? There's a new technology where they can take the information from schools and put them on thin pieces of wood. They take these pieces of wood and put them in these buildings called "Libraries". There's also a way they can put the information from school on the internet. Amazing isn't it?

[WriteON15]

Should I be insulted? I've "sought knowledge out of my natural curiosity". If I'm the only person left who does this, I fear for humanity as a whole, not unschoolers.

A person very dear to me is entirely unschooled as far as his technological education, and he has made some amazing things. Another unschooler I know has a small business. Yet another is involved in community theater and is a delightful, (and may I add) well adjusted young woman.

And you don't grow pickles.

[HtownTomboy]

I'm a part of a very laid back structured form of homeschooling where all i have to do is read a couple of pages a month, take a 20 question test, and in three years or less i get my highschool diploma.. to tell you the truth unschooling sounds perfect for me, but having a diploma will make it easier for me to attend a college that requires it, if i ever want to

[SceneQueenNSN]

And I'm learning to do hair and makeup and I'm going to collage for it.

[SceneQueenNSN]

Stop! I am unschooled and I do my school work and I do not think I'm the center of the universe!!! I hate how people try to make me look bad..

[lolakat6]

wowww you guys are dumb. "they can't be professors, they can't be mathematicians." they can be whatever the hell they want to be! and btw, college isn't that hard... what idiots!

[ThePhantom135]

I think in another decade or so, schools will be gone. With the Internet these days and how quickly you can access information whenever you want, why waste time listening to a shitty teacher and reading from an outdated textbook at a building for 8 hours a day 5 days 9 months a year?

[silos201]

I disagree with unschooling, but I hate how this reporter is trying so hard to stigmatize it.

[NaturalVypahDiva357]

I went to public school, I got great grades, but I was a horrible student. I slept in class, I never paid attention, and often skipped school.. My only salvation an unschooling neighbor. If you had a question they would answer it. Now my daughter is a great student with bad grades. They improved only when I started to partially homeschool her. I was allowed to roam freely and learn what I wanted. I learned all i needed outside of school. I just went test days. Next year homeschooling full time.

[ahmandaxx]

i lovvve the idea of unschooling. I tested out of highschool at 17 and never did a bit of homework for really any of my time in public school and felt more unsocial in school than I ever did outside school. now I find myself constantly looking up topics like biology and history which I absolutely hate in school. my point is you were born curious and especially at a young age and its the parents job to fuel that fire and passion.