Scientific studies of unschooling?
Ren Allen
"So unschooling is based on emotion and faith, rather than
reason and evidence?"
I'll give you some reason and evidence; my children.
My 15 y.o. can fix your computer or build you a new one if you need
help. He can tell you all about the weaponry used throughout history,
up to exactly how many rounds per second a specific model of gun can
shoot.
He can talk history and politics and religion with the best of them
and probably correct you on history you thought you knew but was
false....like George Washington not being the first president of the U.S.
I could go on and on. Not one of those interests equals success. Not a
single one of those interests means anything unless he chooses to use
them a certain way. Every one of them could equal HUGE success if he
decided to employ them to a decided end.
Success is not measurable...unless you decide that what a person owns
dictates success. I prefer to think of success as a person feeling
they are achieving the life they choose. How many people do you know
personally that are doing exactly what they choose and love their
lives? How many?
Every one of my four children is creative, thoughtful, intelligent,
fun and learning constantly. That's more than I can say for most human
beings. It's pretty easy to see how unschooling makes sense if you
agree that humans are born with the desire to learn. Unmotivated
people usually have some pain keeping them from fulfilling their
dreams. Humans WANT to have a good life, they WANT to learn. The only
thing I've ever seen to stop learning, is coercion.
I love that recent article on Barb Lundgren's child. He's done some
really off beat things...including being homeless for a while (by
CHOICE), but every bit of his life is about choice. He loves his life,
he sees it as a big learning adventure and he knows he is capable of
acheiving whatever he chooses.
That's more than most people ever have. And it's enough for this
family to be convinced that unschooling is the only life for us.
Just the fact that my children feel empowered to do anything they
dream, that IS enough. It's more than enough.
Unschooling is about the esoteric things in life you can't measure.
It's about the REAL things in life, the things that matter the most.
Ah, but you're not here to understand unschooling are you? That's
ok....I need to get back to my busy, happy, interesting life
anyway..no more time to talk. There are lovely leaves blowing across
the yard, I think I'll go sit in the breeze for a bit and sip some tea
with my lovely children.
Ren
reason and evidence?"
I'll give you some reason and evidence; my children.
My 15 y.o. can fix your computer or build you a new one if you need
help. He can tell you all about the weaponry used throughout history,
up to exactly how many rounds per second a specific model of gun can
shoot.
He can talk history and politics and religion with the best of them
and probably correct you on history you thought you knew but was
false....like George Washington not being the first president of the U.S.
I could go on and on. Not one of those interests equals success. Not a
single one of those interests means anything unless he chooses to use
them a certain way. Every one of them could equal HUGE success if he
decided to employ them to a decided end.
Success is not measurable...unless you decide that what a person owns
dictates success. I prefer to think of success as a person feeling
they are achieving the life they choose. How many people do you know
personally that are doing exactly what they choose and love their
lives? How many?
Every one of my four children is creative, thoughtful, intelligent,
fun and learning constantly. That's more than I can say for most human
beings. It's pretty easy to see how unschooling makes sense if you
agree that humans are born with the desire to learn. Unmotivated
people usually have some pain keeping them from fulfilling their
dreams. Humans WANT to have a good life, they WANT to learn. The only
thing I've ever seen to stop learning, is coercion.
I love that recent article on Barb Lundgren's child. He's done some
really off beat things...including being homeless for a while (by
CHOICE), but every bit of his life is about choice. He loves his life,
he sees it as a big learning adventure and he knows he is capable of
acheiving whatever he chooses.
That's more than most people ever have. And it's enough for this
family to be convinced that unschooling is the only life for us.
Just the fact that my children feel empowered to do anything they
dream, that IS enough. It's more than enough.
Unschooling is about the esoteric things in life you can't measure.
It's about the REAL things in life, the things that matter the most.
Ah, but you're not here to understand unschooling are you? That's
ok....I need to get back to my busy, happy, interesting life
anyway..no more time to talk. There are lovely leaves blowing across
the yard, I think I'll go sit in the breeze for a bit and sip some tea
with my lovely children.
Ren
Betsy Hill
** "So unschooling is based on emotion and faith, rather than
reason and evidence?"**
Let's try an analogy.
One could marry for love, or for prestige, or for money. Science can't
explain or measure love. Would it be better somehow for everyone to
marry for money, because that's quantfiable?
We might be able to find data that proves that people that marry for
money have more money, but would that prove that they made the right
decision?
Betsy
reason and evidence?"**
Let's try an analogy.
One could marry for love, or for prestige, or for money. Science can't
explain or measure love. Would it be better somehow for everyone to
marry for money, because that's quantfiable?
We might be able to find data that proves that people that marry for
money have more money, but would that prove that they made the right
decision?
Betsy
Michael Atherton
--- In [email protected], Betsy Hill
<ecsamhill@s...> wrote:
and that's quaitified by the devorice rate. Besides,
I do think that love is measurable, at least on an
oridnal scale. Who is the greatest love of your life?
Michael
<ecsamhill@s...> wrote:
>Bad analogy. ;-) Marriages for love are not very successful
> ** "So unschooling is based on emotion and faith, rather than
> reason and evidence?"**
>
> Let's try an analogy.
>
> One could marry for love, or for prestige, or for money.
> Science can't explain or measure love. Would it be better
> somehow for everyone to marry for money, because that's quantfiable?
>
> We might be able to find data that proves that people
> that marry for money have more money, but would that prove
> that they made the right decision?
and that's quaitified by the devorice rate. Besides,
I do think that love is measurable, at least on an
oridnal scale. Who is the greatest love of your life?
Michael