Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Textbooks
Bridget E Coffman
I didn't think of this when the thread started and now I can't remember
who asked the original question but . . .
. . . if you have a father, aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. who thinks
textbooks are a necessity, perhaps you could show them the study of
errors in textbooks and some really bad textbooks. It might help them
understand why they are not an absolute good thing.
Bridget
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it
goes on.
- Robert Frost
who asked the original question but . . .
. . . if you have a father, aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc. who thinks
textbooks are a necessity, perhaps you could show them the study of
errors in textbooks and some really bad textbooks. It might help them
understand why they are not an absolute good thing.
Bridget
> P.s. The fathers dependence on textbooks is his own hang up, againIMO, and
> whether they could help him or not I wouldnt know. Maybe he could readJohn
> Holt, it takes awhile to get used to unschooling if you havent done itall
> along, we are still deschooling.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it
goes on.
- Robert Frost