tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post2377318166685873784..comments2023-12-17T05:54:56.396-05:00Comments on I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write.: 6 Reasons I'm Glad I Grew Up UnschoolingIdzie Desmaraishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782266545123946006noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-86236794581694413672020-09-23T03:31:15.515-04:002020-09-23T03:31:15.515-04:00I love this so much!! I love hearing how it shaped...I love this so much!! I love hearing how it shaped you. I especially love how you point out how subjects naturally converge. You are so right. I point the same things out at home. We are raising our girls unschooling. I really want out kids to have a hunger for learning that never diminishes. <br /><br />My husband and I were public schooled. We both had many bad experiences. My husband was actually very excited about school until the second grade. He was humiliated and bullied by the actual teacher. His mother went to the school about it. Although she did year my husband different after that the damage was done. Unfortunately he also heard later she never changed in how she treated her students. Things happened to us in school that shaped us in ways that I wish never had occurred. <br /><br />Since we've started on unschooling I've noticed my own personal interest for knowledge and education grow. I find it very healing. There are really so many ways to learn organically.<br /><br />Thank you again for your post!Window Into My Walkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549525748558883955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-63590109096809748662016-07-05T16:48:40.039-04:002016-07-05T16:48:40.039-04:00Idzie, I am very interested in your writings of un...Idzie, I am very interested in your writings of unschooling. I am 23 and I attended public school until Freshman year (age 15) So, basically I grew up in public school. It was then that my mom pulled my siblings and I out of public school and we started homeschooling. I homeschooled from then until I "graduated" and I couldn't be happier that my mom made that decision. I agree with you 100% on the fact that public school/education is negative and harmful. I found your website because I was looking for info on unschooling because I plan to unschool my children from the start! Thanks for the info! I will be referencing back in the future!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398226686090474766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-24526260277620151902016-05-18T21:41:12.259-04:002016-05-18T21:41:12.259-04:00Dear Idzie,
Greetings from Malaysia. :)
Thank yo...Dear Idzie,<br /><br />Greetings from Malaysia. :)<br /><br />Thank you for this write-up. <br /><br />It's definitely something which I've been looking for to inform people around me (family, friends, etc) about taking an alternative approach to learning / education. <br /><br />I'm a mom of two kids, both still under 5, and my hubby and I have been unschooling our eldest daughter.<br /><br />We foresee that justifying our decision to unschool/homeschool the kids would be a lifelong battle, well for as long as our kids are "supposed to go to school" anyway.<br /><br />It is articles and experiences such as yours that would give us the strength to stick with our decision and take on this wonderful route.<br /><br />Thank you again.<br /><br />Take care and God bless! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794201481271464507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-75132688432967811022014-07-25T11:11:44.062-04:002014-07-25T11:11:44.062-04:00Before my teens I was part of homeschooling groups...Before my teens I was part of homeschooling groups, but by the time I hit 12, they were no longer part of my life at all, which means I knew really no homeschoolers in my teens, and only spent time around schooled kids. So my frame of reference comes mainly from the very negative picture of school I got from schooled friends and acquaintances in high school growing up, from the emails I now get from teens in school who want to do something different, and from LOTS of reading about education!<br />Idzie Desmaraishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782266545123946006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-50523803628727575302014-07-25T06:23:06.776-04:002014-07-25T06:23:06.776-04:00Sorry if this is a strange question, but if you we...Sorry if this is a strange question, but if you were unschooled from kindergarten onward, how do you know how "schools" operate? I'm curious because I was also unschooled and almost everyone I knew growing up was home-schooled. I moved to Japan to teach English in public schools and often when I am raving about how great something is in schools here my Australian friends will say "yeah... we do that in Australia too..." Everything I knew about "school" (as though they are all the same) came from the negative comments homeschooling adults made and as an adult I've realised how little I really know. I'm not saying this to challenge your assertions about schools, I'm just curious as to where your frame of reference comes from?Sopheliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891110033136610235noreply@blogger.com