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Hi, I was wondering what unschoolers do when one of their children decides
that they plan to go into a career that will need college. And what if this
child wants a more directed education? Here is an imaginary example..... a 14
yr. old unschooled boy decides that he wants to be a doctor. He is very
motivated and sincere. His parents totally support their son and have helped
out by paying for some items he wanted and helping find information he wanted
at the library and on the net. But the son wants a more traditional approach
to education so that he will be ready for college. He even wants tests so
that he will know how to take them. He dreams of being the best in his class.
He dreams of healing the sick. If this was your family how would you approach
this situation and still be an unschooled family.
This is not my son (as he wants to be the 2nd Tony Hawke) but I am just
curious and want to better understand the unschooling philosophy.
Thanks
Candace
that they plan to go into a career that will need college. And what if this
child wants a more directed education? Here is an imaginary example..... a 14
yr. old unschooled boy decides that he wants to be a doctor. He is very
motivated and sincere. His parents totally support their son and have helped
out by paying for some items he wanted and helping find information he wanted
at the library and on the net. But the son wants a more traditional approach
to education so that he will be ready for college. He even wants tests so
that he will know how to take them. He dreams of being the best in his class.
He dreams of healing the sick. If this was your family how would you approach
this situation and still be an unschooled family.
This is not my son (as he wants to be the 2nd Tony Hawke) but I am just
curious and want to better understand the unschooling philosophy.
Thanks
Candace
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In a message dated 9/9/01 11:10:56 AM, discovery6@... writes:
<< His parents totally support their son and have helped
out by paying for some items he wanted and helping find information he wanted
at the library and on the net. But the son wants a more traditional approach
to education so that he will be ready for college. He even wants tests so
that he will know how to take them. >>
He could sign up for online courses or go to the community college to take
beginning chemistry or biology, to get a headstart on college. It might even
count for college, or help him to test out of 101 when he got to college.
Better than any school-like stuff, though, would be to find out if he could
do some volunteer or paid work in a medical lab, a hospital, a vet's
office--anywhere where he could be around professionals. A friend of mine
was assistant to a pathologist and kept the lab when he was in high school.
Now he's very into Chinese medicine (is a Tai Chi and Kung Fu teacher) and
his interest in medicine didn't lead to medical school, but to MUCH about the
human body.
That same friend used to collect road kill. Sometimes he would dissect, or
clean to the skeletons and mess with the bones. Sometimes he would pose the
stuff and paint it (he's an artist, too). I was in his bathroom yesterday
and there's a painting in there he did when he was 22 or so, of an owl we
found on the road and gave him. <g>
I would look at practical, real-life experiences before I would look at
high-school-looking "coursework."
Sandra
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<< His parents totally support their son and have helped
out by paying for some items he wanted and helping find information he wanted
at the library and on the net. But the son wants a more traditional approach
to education so that he will be ready for college. He even wants tests so
that he will know how to take them. >>
He could sign up for online courses or go to the community college to take
beginning chemistry or biology, to get a headstart on college. It might even
count for college, or help him to test out of 101 when he got to college.
Better than any school-like stuff, though, would be to find out if he could
do some volunteer or paid work in a medical lab, a hospital, a vet's
office--anywhere where he could be around professionals. A friend of mine
was assistant to a pathologist and kept the lab when he was in high school.
Now he's very into Chinese medicine (is a Tai Chi and Kung Fu teacher) and
his interest in medicine didn't lead to medical school, but to MUCH about the
human body.
That same friend used to collect road kill. Sometimes he would dissect, or
clean to the skeletons and mess with the bones. Sometimes he would pose the
stuff and paint it (he's an artist, too). I was in his bathroom yesterday
and there's a painting in there he did when he was 22 or so, of an owl we
found on the road and gave him. <g>
I would look at practical, real-life experiences before I would look at
high-school-looking "coursework."
Sandra
Sandra
"Everything counts."
http://expage.com/SandraDoddArticles
http://expage.com/SandraDodd
Bonni Sollars
I was thinking, maybe interviewing a doctor and asking him questions
like, what would you advise me to do in order to pursue a doctor career,
why did you become a doctor, etc..
Bonni
like, what would you advise me to do in order to pursue a doctor career,
why did you become a doctor, etc..
Bonni