Heather Hall

My husband taught himself calculus and logic from his mom's college
textbooks because he was bored and had completed all the honors courses
his hs had to offer. It was interesting to him and he also studied
philosophy this way and had much joy using it arguing with his teachers
all day.
On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 03:07 PM,
[email protected] wrote:

> I don't know what else to say but that his interests *will* lead him
> to the things he needs, that calculus or algebra CAN be learned
> unschooling.
> There's no reason why it can't. For example, if he becomes
> interested in
> Physics, and he find he needs Algebra, he'll learn it to help him
> understand
> Physics. I like that example because I failed Algebra twice in HS,
> but got straight
> A's in Physics, all I needed was context to help me understand it.
>
--
Heather, mom to
Harriet 12.15.99
Crispin 01.25.02
heatherette@...


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