Being a teacher, I was kind of amazed at how naturally our family made the transition from school-at-home to unschooling. Maybe the fact that I am a teacher helped. It was pretty easy for me to find the learning in most of my kids’ activities, which was reassuring – especially at first. But I’m going […]
Unschooling: Yes, Sometimes It Sucks
I’m going to be honest with you. Unschooling has been an awesome experience for our family. But not every minute. Sometimes things go south. Sometimes they go even further downhill than that. And yes, there are moments that truly suck. Now, I’m not telling you this to bring you down – really! I’m telling you […]
Unschooling: Can You Be Successful without College?
Ordinarily, I like to think of myself as more pro-unschooling than anti-school. I prefer to spend my energy focused on the positives of the unschooling approach rather than on the negatives associated with traditional schooling. However, a recent episode of Harry’s Law, which touched on whether a college degree is still essential in this day […]
Unschooling: What’s the Value of a Diploma?
I can’t shake the sneaking suspicion that a closet unschooler is a writer on Harry’s Law. An episode I watched a while back seemed just loaded with unschooling philosophy. I found its premise to be so unschool-y, in fact, that I’ve written about it not once, but twice already. And here I go again… If […]
Unschooling: Success and Failure
Children who undertake to do things…do not think in terms of success and failure, but of effort and adventure. It is only when pleasing adults becomes important that the sharp line between success and failure appears. -John Holt, from How Children Fail