tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post7713517505681845370..comments2023-12-17T05:54:56.396-05:00Comments on I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write.: Blame Unschooling!Idzie Desmaraishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782266545123946006noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-91982483444340682152017-06-01T12:21:21.318-04:002017-06-01T12:21:21.318-04:00Even now, as the mother of 32 & 30 year old un...Even now, as the mother of 32 & 30 year old unschoolers I get these questions. It will never stop! :-)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298038389831641016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-85734114400131797042014-04-04T09:15:34.939-04:002014-04-04T09:15:34.939-04:00Yes! And this relates to the issue I have with fol...Yes! And this relates to the issue I have with folks who ask, "Well, how do you unschool?" What do you mean, HOW? How do we *not* do something. We simply don't go to school or ascribe to a set method of education. That's what unschooling refers to, it's not a METHOD. But it goes to show that folks are so ingrained in their schooled mentalities, that to be educated, one must have something DONE to them. Force. Action. As opposed to simply taking that force/being acted upon out of the equation. It is extremely hard for most people to wrap their heads around this concept, I find. GREAT post and thank you for your insights Idzie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16962905037307936545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-53102716247830715092014-02-04T00:24:42.178-05:002014-02-04T00:24:42.178-05:00Idzie, you get me! This has been the struggle of t...Idzie, you get me! This has been the struggle of the decade for me.Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286833634562132632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-563464793890008812012-05-06T22:12:39.425-04:002012-05-06T22:12:39.425-04:00I really love your post especially this one. I use...I really love your post especially this one. I used to be an unschooler a couple years ago but even your unschooled you can do things that other's can't.Jhezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513314921019041236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-61647628385651471072012-01-31T09:32:48.968-05:002012-01-31T09:32:48.968-05:00I so understand what you are saying. They all worr...I so understand what you are saying. They all worried so when i chose to homeschool my dyslexic child. "I am very worried aobut him being so behind in reading" my teacher-sister said. Um...he's dyslexic. Then when I brought him up three years , yes years in reading level and he was nealry on reading level I was told that that happens for all kids - "it just kicks in eventually", my sis-in-law explained. NO credit for her teacher-Mom. However the closeness of our family is the really big prize here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-91132939272089581622011-11-02T00:08:41.356-04:002011-11-02T00:08:41.356-04:00"By unschooling I had the time and space to b..."By unschooling I had the time and space to become my own person." You summed up perfectly the main reason we are unschooling our children. The biggest and most precious gift I can give them is time. Time to find their interests, gifts and talents, time to develop them, and then to share them with the world.Christina @Interest-Led Learninghttp://www.christinapilkington.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-64268569215208651922011-10-29T20:11:02.537-04:002011-10-29T20:11:02.537-04:00I appreciate your blog post here very much. Thank ...I appreciate your blog post here very much. Thank you for a wonderfully articulate commentary.<br /><br />I sat in a meeting this fall where several freshmen to our local university were asking questions about our organization. We had to DEFINE words for several of them-- words no home school kid I know would have needed defined. Truthfully, words that made me wonder how they got into college with such a limited vocabulary!! Nobody quizes public school kids, probably a good thing if these college kids are any example.Ann Seetonhttp://hg2au.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-16848185572816576772011-10-29T16:58:16.280-04:002011-10-29T16:58:16.280-04:00So glad I stumbled upon your blog - great post! Th...So glad I stumbled upon your blog - great post! The title of your site caught my attention, since a family member recently came to me with his concern about my son's inability to read and write. He came to this conclusion when he asked him to read his Corona bottle and my son said "Catalina." Since my husband and I pulled our kids out of school and started unschooling, people have felt the need to question and quiz them to see what they know and don't know. UGH!Wabi Sabi Mamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15908147673207404416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-28373955032527919492011-10-29T16:32:10.410-04:002011-10-29T16:32:10.410-04:00The title of your blog made me smile. My seven-yea...The title of your blog made me smile. My seven-year-old is currently learning to write. It seems to be the thing she's most passionate about right now. I haven't directly taught her anything, except when she asks the spelling of a word.<br /><br />My family worries about our very relaxed, eclectic way of learning (I won't use the word unschooling, because I do make a few requirements), especially since I have a 17-year-old with no intention of applying to college. And I know if my kids don't meet society's definition of "success" their lack of traditional schooling will be blamed. I'll be blamed. Ah well, blaming mothers has a long, distinguished history going back to Freud.<br /><br />I hope in the long run it will feel like a small price to pay for keeping bureaucracies and excessive curricula out of their way.Stephaniehttp://momto3feistykids.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-88148089145248561402011-02-17T17:13:06.387-05:002011-02-17T17:13:06.387-05:00I love this!!!I love this!!!armywifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686128455809573741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-32208879638975044282011-02-17T15:28:59.904-05:002011-02-17T15:28:59.904-05:00Awesome post, Awesome Girl!
I've listed your...Awesome post, Awesome Girl! <br />I've listed your blog in my menu at Wordpress http://marnimum.wordpress.com/ so anyone who visits me might visit you (don't expect the door to break down or anything...I don't have many views so far). <br />Love to you - and cheers to the Possibility life wields!<br />MarniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-51264647933993495812011-02-13T18:35:55.688-05:002011-02-13T18:35:55.688-05:00You are so right! Are you talking about this type ...You are so right! Are you talking about this type of scrutiny within the hschooling community? Because I think what you're saying holds true for all homeschoolers among the general community. When my kids didn't meet someone's target for what they should be doing, hschooling them was the reason; when people were impressed they often felt they had to say, "Well, your kids are unusual. Most hschoolers aren't like that."Susan Lapinhttp://www.susan.lapin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-75173483935970643872011-02-10T01:56:35.618-05:002011-02-10T01:56:35.618-05:00What a wonderful post. So true.What a wonderful post. So true.Amberhttp://www.amberdusick.com/homeschoolingvoyage/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-72678831683811943702011-02-07T05:04:23.126-05:002011-02-07T05:04:23.126-05:00" I feel that by unschooling, I had the time ..." I feel that by unschooling, I had the time and space to become my own person."<br /><br />Yes. Too many people think of unschooling/life learning as just another system you impose upon children, with the goal of getting Good Results. I'm sure some unschooling parents/carers approach it that way too, but for myself and many others it is a way of life, or a part of a way of life, that is about preserving the child's integrity, self, and autonomy. It's more standing out of the way, supporting, and trusting that God/nature/whomever designed people pretty well.kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183686721305419157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-71384867519470041862011-02-06T07:43:39.383-05:002011-02-06T07:43:39.383-05:00Oh wow! I need to remember to have my unschooling...Oh wow! I need to remember to have my unschooling son read this when he gets back from his snowboarding trip! I'll bet he feels the same as Tara Wagner and you!<br /><br />Nice to meet you!<br /><br />Vicki<br />http://balderdashandblokus.blogspot.com/Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113510205727830531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-34081022782518925022011-02-05T12:49:52.938-05:002011-02-05T12:49:52.938-05:00You're describing what I think of as the behav...You're describing what I think of as the behavior of "education privilege" and it is analogous to many other sorts of privilege/behavior (white privilege; health privilege; cis-gender privilege, etc. etc.) where the views of the majority become accepted as the "norm" and the members of the non-privileged group are often expected to represent or defend themselves and their natural state of being or are often used as the example to define the minority experience. It can be enlightening to find yourself in a minority position and for me (as an unschooling parent), at least, has opened my awareness to the existence of so many types of privilege--and hopefully has increased my empathy!Kristi B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-5124319297482566052011-02-05T10:55:31.054-05:002011-02-05T10:55:31.054-05:00This post made me laugh. Almost every detail in it...This post made me laugh. Almost every detail in it described the same way I feel. I would love to explain how it works with my friends, and others who ask. It's almost impossible though, because it seems like they have the attention span of a mosquito. Which is why I just say that I'm homeschooled.Jordannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-56014861779391204272011-02-05T10:27:10.995-05:002011-02-05T10:27:10.995-05:00Great post!Great post!Alasandrahttp://alasandras.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-20237969219677294712011-02-04T23:38:27.707-05:002011-02-04T23:38:27.707-05:00Oh, so true. It's why sometimes I still can...Oh, so true. It's why sometimes I still can't be bothered to explain, I just say homeschool and leave it at that. When I'm in a mood for explaining though it is fun!Ariadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664753428007951602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-63288346792538431972011-02-04T21:02:26.955-05:002011-02-04T21:02:26.955-05:00I agree Idzie :)
I mentioned the same thing in a ...I agree Idzie :)<br /><br />I mentioned the same thing in a post I wrote this morning! It seems everyone holds our children to higher standards because of the path that we have chosen for them.paxyehttp://paxye.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805323468407241809.post-48585340158867441542011-02-04T20:41:27.885-05:002011-02-04T20:41:27.885-05:00Great post!!! I call what you are describing the &...Great post!!! I call what you are describing the "witch hunt".lukskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836456707666850172noreply@blogger.com