I enjoyed this interview with the Cevin Soling, the Director of a new film, The War on Kids, that aired this week on The Colbert Report. I love Soling's observations about the brokenness of the school system, and the movie sounds like it will add a great dimension to the public debate over education.
While we're on the topic of school and learning, I wanted to share this video by Unschooling mom and activist Dayna Martin. Her words confirm for me the rightness of allowing kids to follow their interests and passions instead of forcing them into institutions to be educated. I love her phrase "delight-driven learning! What a positive alternative to the war on kids. (Via This Inspired Life).
ahhh this is perfect- i was going to email you to find out what, in fact, unschooling really is! can't wait to watch it once my chillens are in bed
ReplyDeleteBookmarking to watch this later! I was also wondering what exactly unschooling is and how it works!
ReplyDeletethis is fantastic. I'm definitely interested in "UNschooling" for my (far in the) future children. Thanks for the clips! :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Thank you for both of those links.
ReplyDeleteYou know...I'd love it if you would write a post sometime about YOUR experience as an unschooler.
I would also be interested in hearing more about the "connection" between unschooling and college. What is the application process like? Do very many unschoolers pursue college educations? Why or why not? Etc.
stephanie@metropolitanmama.net
I've not heard of this before but it sounds really interesting. I loved the NY Times article, too. I'd definitely consider some form of alternative schooling for my children. When I think about it, I enjoyed school and was quite good at it – but did I learn anything? Not really. I guess I feel cheated that after all those years I've probably retained 5% of knowledge. (I always knew I would NEVER use maths!)
ReplyDeleteBut if I`m not goog in maths how would I be able to descover that my son is supposelly a math genius???? Thats one of my questions about unschooling.
ReplyDeleteJust watched the 2nd video. Very interesting, I really like what she had to say! I'm so excited to homeschool, and I think unschooling really makes a lot of sense & could fit in our life really well. Excited to learn more :)
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