tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post2477672623258291383..comments2023-12-17T05:54:56.396-05:00Comments on I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write.: Why Can't You Just Unschool Part Time?Idzie Desmaraishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782266545123946006noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-66672901062887688112019-08-13T09:49:23.290-04:002019-08-13T09:49:23.290-04:00As a mom at the end of a transition from more &quo...As a mom at the end of a transition from more "traditional" looking homeschool to unschooling, I'm so happy to have found your blog. Hoping reading your blogs will help me to trust in my children's natural desire to learn and also find the right balance of structure and freedom in various aspects of our home life. Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903111549661083140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-86453892706258925412019-07-28T04:52:03.781-04:002019-07-28T04:52:03.781-04:00This is a great question, and I hope you don't...This is a great question, and I hope you don't mind me adding my two pence. I have recently worked in a school with a catchment similar to he one you describe. The opinion of the teachers was that school was somehow 'saving' the children from their home lives. Although the teachers were very caring and mostly had children's best interests at heart, it felt, to me, a lot like prison. Every door was locked and needed a code to get through. As a forest school leader, I wanted to teach the children about fire lighting, tool skills and responsible risk taking. I was told that the head teacher saw this as 'teaching the children to set fire to things.' This is all with the premise of keeping children 'safe.'<br /><br />I know that this doesn't really answer your question. But maybe it shows that schools need to change on a more fundamental level before we can say that they are the right place for children, from any community. Through my reading of John Holt and Peter Gray, places where children can take part in self directed learning as part of or for all of their education are a possible and achieveable middle ground. <br /><br />Showing that we trust children, whatever their background, to take control of their own learning and education is, in my mind, the first step. <br /><br />Is society ready for that?Discovering unschoolinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01344243970808725776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-8810567668015731442019-01-08T20:43:42.372-05:002019-01-08T20:43:42.372-05:00What do you think about kids in marginalized commu...What do you think about kids in marginalized communities? Many of these kids aren't surrounded by literacy in the same way that "middle-class" kids are, many of these kids have drug dealers on the street corners living near them. So, if these kids unschool and learn the "basics" needed for their survival and to thrive.... it might lead them on a whole 'nother path. However, at the same time, school are the MOST oppressive for these kids. What are your thoughts? Raj Kananihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10156825890836737186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-29986381799426053612018-11-03T07:00:13.313-04:002018-11-03T07:00:13.313-04:00I've just discovered your blog. Great work! Al...I've just discovered your blog. Great work! Alternative ways of educating has been an interest of mine for many years. The views of Ken Robinson have been highly influential, and I have a long established Facebook page 'Another Way' at https://www.facebook.com/groups/640168596040798/?ref=bookmarks <br /><br />I've added your blog to my list of links on my webpage. I hope to be a regular visitor, here.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.com