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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister in Oregon (more hipster/geeky than hippie, and definitely not religious) has unschooled her kids for more than a decade. In her case, it literally means not schooling them. They are very involved in a homeschooling co-op, but when they are not there, they are basically left to their own devices. [b]Which is why they are expert wood carvers and archers and musicians but don't really have their multiplication facts down solidly.[/b] These are young teens. [/quote]

That's what I perceive as the major flaw of unschooling. There is stuff you have to learn, even if you're not interested in learning it. Mor,e generally there is stuff you have to do, even if you don't want to do it.[/quote]

Multiplication facts aren't really one of those things though.  They're useful, sure, but not hugely so.  I made it through calculus with straight A's in math without knowing them solidly (I had a bunch of strategies for figuring them out, but didn't have them memorized), and learned them in a few weeks using an online app alongside my kid.  [/quote]

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