unschooling and college
Ren
"I understand what John
Holt and the others say about why unschooling is more natural, but
life has so many things that we have to do even if we don't want to
like to or are interested to that I worry how this will affect my
kids in the future."
REally? Like what?
I don't do things I don't want to do in life. Honest I don't.
Sometimes I do things I don't abosolutely LOVE, but I like doing them more than I like the consequences, so I do them. I can't think of anything I do only because I have to, and not because I'm CHOOSING it.
Nothing.
It was a different thread, but someone else mentioned work being like school. Uh-uh. Not at all. If you have work where you only do what someone says and they squash down your ideas, you're not doing anything good in the world by staying! Yucko.
My work is also my creativity. I am encouraged to voice my ideas and opinions and use my creative side, I am in charge of when and where I work and for how long. School never gave me that freedom.
The kind of views like the above, and about school being like work, are VERY schoolish points of view and not shared by this gal. Only those that still have their school glasses on would think like that.
It's pervasive, and unhealthy and not at all truthful.
You CAN choose your life. You CAN have work you love, you just have to quit thinking like a child that's had their imagination squashed in school.
Ren
Learn about unschooling at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingbasics/
Holt and the others say about why unschooling is more natural, but
life has so many things that we have to do even if we don't want to
like to or are interested to that I worry how this will affect my
kids in the future."
REally? Like what?
I don't do things I don't want to do in life. Honest I don't.
Sometimes I do things I don't abosolutely LOVE, but I like doing them more than I like the consequences, so I do them. I can't think of anything I do only because I have to, and not because I'm CHOOSING it.
Nothing.
It was a different thread, but someone else mentioned work being like school. Uh-uh. Not at all. If you have work where you only do what someone says and they squash down your ideas, you're not doing anything good in the world by staying! Yucko.
My work is also my creativity. I am encouraged to voice my ideas and opinions and use my creative side, I am in charge of when and where I work and for how long. School never gave me that freedom.
The kind of views like the above, and about school being like work, are VERY schoolish points of view and not shared by this gal. Only those that still have their school glasses on would think like that.
It's pervasive, and unhealthy and not at all truthful.
You CAN choose your life. You CAN have work you love, you just have to quit thinking like a child that's had their imagination squashed in school.
Ren
Learn about unschooling at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingbasics/
[email protected]
In a message dated 7/16/2004 8:37:04 AM Central Standard Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
REally? Like what?
I don't do things I don't want to do in life. Honest I don't.
Sometimes I do things I don't abosolutely LOVE, but I like doing them more
than I like the consequences, so I do them. I can't think of anything I do
only because I have to, and not because I'm CHOOSING it.
Nothing.
~~
Yeah, I choose to clean the toilet because I CHOOSE to have a sanitary
bathroom. But cleaning the toilet myself is not the only route to a sanitary
bathroom. I could coerce one my family members to do it. I could pay someone
else to do it. I could have the dirty toilet replaced with a new one.
Cleaning the toilet myself is the most expedient route to my goal, which is havnig a
sanitary bathroom.
I don't HAVE to clean the toilet. I choose to.
Realizing you have choices in this world is a very empowering way of life.
Karen
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
starsuncloud@... writes:
REally? Like what?
I don't do things I don't want to do in life. Honest I don't.
Sometimes I do things I don't abosolutely LOVE, but I like doing them more
than I like the consequences, so I do them. I can't think of anything I do
only because I have to, and not because I'm CHOOSING it.
Nothing.
~~
Yeah, I choose to clean the toilet because I CHOOSE to have a sanitary
bathroom. But cleaning the toilet myself is not the only route to a sanitary
bathroom. I could coerce one my family members to do it. I could pay someone
else to do it. I could have the dirty toilet replaced with a new one.
Cleaning the toilet myself is the most expedient route to my goal, which is havnig a
sanitary bathroom.
I don't HAVE to clean the toilet. I choose to.
Realizing you have choices in this world is a very empowering way of life.
Karen
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]