Re: TWTM Questions about Unschooling
Pam Hartley
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profitably as any other method. Sure, a few speakers get paid, a few books
on the principles of it get bought. But there aren't any fancy curriculums
to pitch, no marvelous sign up hotline on a monthly fee for tips, etc.
Unschoolers are losses, both at marketing AND as consumers of
pre-packed-special-this-week-only-buy-one-get-one-free education.
Take it from a capitalist, when someone who wants to sell you something
starts slamming the perceived competition, motive isn't hard to reckon.
Pam
>From: [email protected]Always look for the money trail. It's hard to "sell" unschooling as
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2937
>Date: Sun, Jan 26, 2003, 7:20 PM
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> I felt that section was a dig against the unschooling community
> and I couldn't figure out why. What are they trying to counter?
profitably as any other method. Sure, a few speakers get paid, a few books
on the principles of it get bought. But there aren't any fancy curriculums
to pitch, no marvelous sign up hotline on a monthly fee for tips, etc.
Unschoolers are losses, both at marketing AND as consumers of
pre-packed-special-this-week-only-buy-one-get-one-free education.
Take it from a capitalist, when someone who wants to sell you something
starts slamming the perceived competition, motive isn't hard to reckon.
Pam
Gerard Westenberg
<<Take it from a capitalist, when someone who wants to sell you something
starts slamming the perceived competition, motive isn't hard to reckon.>>.
Especially consider the fact that the authros of TWTM not only sell this book ( as an unschooler may sell a book on unschooling) - but also write and sell English and History and related actvity books that are *sugested for their curricula ideas... I like the ideas of a classical education, ços I like reading and history - but for me, not to force onto my dc...Leonie W.
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starts slamming the perceived competition, motive isn't hard to reckon.>>.
Especially consider the fact that the authros of TWTM not only sell this book ( as an unschooler may sell a book on unschooling) - but also write and sell English and History and related actvity books that are *sugested for their curricula ideas... I like the ideas of a classical education, ços I like reading and history - but for me, not to force onto my dc...Leonie W.
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