Kolleen

>The idea of unschooling was first brought up in society by John Holt, many
>others then embraced his ideals and carried them further. We are not relying
>on one person to tell us how to think. It is very helpful when people are
>taking a different path in life to stick together and write talk and read
>about that path.
>Elissa


I'm not too sure about being brought up in society by Holt. To be
perfectly honest.

I don't know the years he lived, or brought his views into light... but
unschooling methods such as Summerhill was written about circa 1920.

Ancient Greek and Roman societys had universitys that followed
unschooling doctrinations. They learned via conversation and nothing else.

I can hardly beleive that John Holt, in all his wisdom, is the beginning
and end-all of unschooling. No offense to him or his work. He is just one
of many.

I just picked up a book of his three or four months ago and it was my
first introduction to a philosophy that I had been living for most my
life.

I suppose if we had all the literature written then we can put it in a
chronological order and see for ourselves where the ideas originated.


Food for thought.


Regards,
Kolleen

groundhoggirl

I believe unschooling has been around for millions of years. It is the
most natural, human, and best way to learn. It is only recently that
institutionalized, formal and structured education has come into
existence.

What John Holt and A. S. Neil (was that his name?) and others did was
describe this natural process of learning and living. They brought it
back for many of us.

I am one of the people who had to read the books to see the light.
Actually, I only had to read one of John Holt's books to be awakened.
But, it was a learned thing. There are people like Kolleen who know
instinctively and very naturally that this is just the right way to do
things. How cool!!

Please don't think I'm constantly going to books to see if I'm doing the
right thing. I follow my instincts and my intuition. But John Holt was
definitely the spark for me. He got me on the right track.

I want to thank everyone on this list. I'm learning a lot.

Mimi




On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 08:46 AM, Kolleen wrote:

>> The idea of unschooling was first brought up in society by John Holt,
>> many
>> others then embraced his ideals and carried them further. We are not
>> relying
>> on one person to tell us how to think. It is very helpful when people
>> are
>> taking a different path in life to stick together and write talk and
>> read
>> about that path.
>> Elissa
>
>
> I'm not too sure about being brought up in society by Holt. To be
> perfectly honest.
>
> I don't know the years he lived, or brought his views into light... but
> unschooling methods such as Summerhill was written about circa 1920.
>
> Ancient Greek and Roman societys had universitys that followed
> unschooling doctrinations. They learned via conversation and nothing
> else.
>
> I can hardly beleive that John Holt, in all his wisdom, is the beginning
> and end-all of unschooling. No offense to him or his work. He is just
> one
> of many.
>
> I just picked up a book of his three or four months ago and it was my
> first introduction to a philosophy that I had been living for most my
> life.
>
> I suppose if we had all the literature written then we can put it in a
> chronological order and see for ourselves where the ideas originated.
>
>
> Food for thought.
>
>
> Regards,
> Kolleen
>
>
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Elsa Haas

Yes, but with two “l’s”. (Neill.)

A. S. Neil (was that his name?)

Elsa Haas


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groundhoggirl

That's right. Thanks. I loan so many of my books out and half the time
I don't get them back. Or, it's around here somewhere - and I just
couldn't find it to check the name.

Mimi

On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 07:05 PM, Elsa Haas wrote:

> Yes, but with two “l’s”. (Neill.)
>
> A. S. Neil (was that his name?)
>
> Elsa Haas
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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