Unschooling sounds like a bad idea for lazy people like me. Hey kids, today is Breaking Bad marathon day.
Tbh, there are days like that, but given that you aren't tied to an academic calendar, you can sprinkle those in and still incorporate some aspect of learning. Breaking Bad day = chemistry teaching.Frok said:
Unschooling sounds like a bad idea for lazy people like me. Hey kids, today is Breaking Bad marathon day.
My experience as well.RetiredAg said:If you consider college to be "traditional school", then this statement seems uninformed, as many unschoolers go right into college without any problems. In my experience, unschooling results in a greater ability to research and think critically versus a system of being spoon fed information to memorize.redcrayon said:
I would discourage unschooling if you think your kids will ever go back to a traditional school.
Dad-O-Lot said:Why is that?redcrayon said:
I would discourage unschooling if you think your kids will ever go back to a traditional school.
The Well-Trained Mind has some informative homeschool message boards.
Do you consider college to be "traditional school"?
I think it really depends on the child, but we unschool our children. So far all of them have gone on to take at least some community college courses. Two have graduated from Texas A&M and one will start grad school next year.
You are probably right.redcrayon said:Dad-O-Lot said:Why is that?redcrayon said:
I would discourage unschooling if you think your kids will ever go back to a traditional school.
The Well-Trained Mind has some informative homeschool message boards.
Do you consider college to be "traditional school"?
I think it really depends on the child, but we unschool our children. So far all of them have gone on to take at least some community college courses. Two have graduated from Texas A&M and one will start grad school next year.
No, I meant middle school, high school. It's really hard to fit back into the traditional model when you've been unschooling IMO.