Exactly!
Snipped from SpunkyHomeschool blog:
How do you make unschooling illegal? Do you write a statute into each state saying “unschooling” is illegal. Well what is unschooling? Is it those who don’t use textbooks but are guided by the family’s interests and the parents’ principles? Or is those who don’t use textbooks and the children select all [...]
April 21, 2010
Tags: freedom, unschooling Posted in: Homeschooling in the News 
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Why all homeschoolers should be miffed with the way ABC News treated unschoolers
For those of you not in the know:
Lovely, no?
Whether or not you are a radical unschooler, you should find this piece of “news” presented to a national audience worthy of your outrage.
A small clip of only two radical unschooling families to measure all of unschooling? Lame, shoddy reporting. Shame on you, ABC News.
If the talking [...]
April 20, 2010
Tags: freedom, unschooling Posted in: Homeschooling in the News One Comment
Meant for business; apply to self-directed learning
Love this quote: “The drive to do things because they matter.”
On the surface, this TED talk is intended for the business world, but give it to a homeschooling mom trying to motivate her children to produce paperwork and learning new things? You may have a new direction for your homeschooling day. Enjoy and share with [...]
March 12, 2010
Tags: creativity, motivation, TED, unschooling, video Posted in: Energetic Boys, Girls Empowered No Comments
New blog, first post
Whatever an education is, it should make you a unique individual, not a conformist; it should furnish you with an original spirit with which to tackle the big challenges; it should allow you to find values which will be your road map through life; it should make you spiritually rich, a person who loves whatever [...]
February 10, 2010
Tags: books, unschooling Posted in: Educating at home 3 Comments
