Unschooling demystified

[Anonymous]

Unschooling is for parents who think they are just to hip and evolved to send their children to an educational institution. They are setting their children up for life long failure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You spent years learning pedagogy to prepare for your profession, and you can't seem to understand why there's friction btw. the "unschooled" and the educated?

I have only met one homeschooling parent who seemed "normal." But her homeschooling ways caused friction. So she's now divorced and unable to homeschool b/c she has to work. So guess what? Her kids are enrolled in their local ES.

So it's oh so convenient when you have two incomes, right? What about the single parent? not an option

So it's truly for the "privileged."

I spent years learning pedagogy, and more years perfecting it in the classroom, and I know enough about how learning happens to recognize that there's more than one path that can lead to the same end. I am confident that I do right by my students, but that doesn't mean that other people can't do right by children using other methods.

Is unschooling for everyone? Obviously not, it wasn't for me since I'm a single parent who needs to work. It wouldn't be the right choice for the vast majority of families I work with either. But for a family with the right resources, I think it's a great choice.

[Anonymous]

No success stories on "unschooling"? Thought so.