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  1. Erin
    Erin says:

    I love this post. It’s so simple, but so clear… and it rings true for me.

    I would also like to add that unschooling fortifies a kid with confidence & with intensified training in the things they love & this strengthening makes them stronger emotionally to deal with things that other people don’t want to. If a kid has a full emotional bank, and they are required to do something taxing, they are more capable to handle it than, say, a kid who doesn’t have as many “eyes light up” moments.

  2. Mark W.
    Mark W. says:

    School is a strange way to learn once you realize learning is a life-long endeavor. Do you stop learning once you graduate from school? Hardly. The fact is nobody graduates from learning once they have completed their schooling. So how do people learn without school or utilizing schooling techniques? I mean when you are trying to learn something new, do you obtain a textbook, attend lectures, do homework, and take tests? I don’t think so. So how does that routine prepare anybody to take charge of their learning as an adult and chart a course that works best for them?
    “People tell me self-directed learning doesn’t prepare kids for the reality of the world …” – The fact is school doesn’t prepare kids for the reality of the world. New jobs and skills that we can’t envision will need to be learned by today’s kids after they have completed their schooling. Those kids who are able to self-direct their own learning will do well in their career.

    • Bostonian
      Bostonian says:

      “I mean when you are trying to learn something new, do you obtain a textbook, attend lectures, do homework, and take tests? I don’t think so.”

      It depends what you’re trying to learn, Mark. I can give you a couple of examples to the contrary:

      1. Even after I had finished my official schooling, I continued to take extension classes because I enjoyed them. I studied a new foreign language for two years with the help of a textbook, lectures, homework, and tests. No, Rosetta Stone wouldn’t have done the trick just as well.

      2. At one point in my career it became advantageous for me to gain a specific certification. This certification required a very long and difficult test. I studied for it with the help of textbooks, lectures, and homework. I did well enough that my employer asked me to set up a program of textbooks, lectures, and homework so that other colleagues could replicate my success.

      I think we are too hasty to assume these methods are useless in adult life. They haven’t been for me.

      • Mark W.
        Mark W. says:

        I have also taken classes after graduating from college. I would never call them useless in adult life. My point is there are more effective and better ways to learn.

    • Penelope Trunk
      Penelope Trunk says:

      I like to think this error redeems itself with a charming sense of irony. Thank you for letting me. I fixed it. I hope you guys enjoy the video as much as I did.

      Penelope

  3. Sharon
    Sharon says:

    Based on your own results, not understanding math, finance and so has rather disastrous results. Better to learn something as a kid than have that lack of knowledge make your eyes fill with tears as an adult.

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