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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Name-calling ("idiot", really?) from someone who's an educator, just because we disagree? Wow.

A few observations about the latest posts:

I don't make my decisions based primarily on what the "norm" is; I make them based on what is best for myself and/or my family. Besides, norms change. I'm glad we don't dress the way women dressed a century ago, for example.

Yes, I have heard of Noam Chomsky, but I'm not familiar with his writing about language acquisition. Either way, just sub in one of the countless other skills that the pre-5 set acquires without going to classes.

I guess college professors aren't teachers by the PP's definition (they don't have education degrees or certificates and are not "taught to teach"). Yet I'm guessing PP would agree that many of them are brilliant at teaching. The idea that only people with teaching degrees are qualified to teach is just a fallacy.

Unschooling, as I mentioned before and as is discussed in the URL, is an unfortunate misnomer. It doesn't mean avoiding all classes. It just means taking them as needed, without them being compulsory.

Most (but not all) "progressive" schools are still top-down teaching with set curricula, which is the antithesis of the philosophy that leads people to "unschool."[/quote]

OP are you going to unschool?[/quote]

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