Top schools prefer homeschooled kids
7 years ago in #homeschooling by emancipatedhuman (66)
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Unschooling is what will help raise self-governed people that will see the inherent value of decentralization and self-ownership. This will help gently ease society into anarchy in a peaceful evolution rather than a destructive revolution.
Thanks for sharing!
I could not agree more! Thank you!
Excellent post and excellent information! This reminds me a lot of what I learned from John Tayor Gatto in the Ultimate History Lesson. Schools even know that school is useless. What you do outside of school counts.
I didn't start to really learn until I left school. Out of all my jobs that I have had no one even asked me about my high school years
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I'm curious to hear the age of home schooled students accepted to these prestigious universities. I know of a few people who went the GED route so they could graduate early and begin attending university before their peers. It's not that home schooling is superior, it simply offers more flexibility to accelerate learning if the student is driven and ready to move on to higher education.
I do think it is superior in the sense that we do not waste time on stuff that the kids are not yet interested in learning and therefore we can capitalize on their strengths.
You just gave a very good reason why homeschooling is superior...
While it allows some students to accelerate their learning, that does not necessarily make it better. A lot of it has to do with the parents. I dated a girl who was home schooled by parents for religious reasons. They were not very bright nor driven, and definitely hampered their kids (3) education. I will agree that home schooling CAN be superior, but it is largely circumstantial. It can definitely screw kids up if the instruction is sub-par.
Good point. I completely agree, I though your comment was a little ironic when I replied but now that I look at it, it really isn't... haha
The home schooled kids who went to my college when they were 16 and 17 were always socially awkward and lacked a lot of the emotional IQ needed to really participate in group projects and the broader campus community. Sure, they were super smart and driven, but when it came down to it, they weren't ready on a maturity level to go to college. That being said, they did well on the purely academic subjects.
Very well-written article. I hope to see more articles on the 'how' aspect. I'm a single dad and am wondering if I can do something remotely close to homeschooling. Are there any alternatives to homeschooling that come somewhat close?
there are homeschooling co-ops where you can take your kids to a family that does homeschooling. usually able to find them on meetup.com or similar places. they have all flavors of groups, religious, non-religious, certain political leanings, etc.
thank you. @mexresorts is my partner and we co-create content!
Look for Facebook groups also. They are pretty numerous.
Also Khan Academy is free and you can sign up as a parent/coach so that you can offer help and monitor progress remotely.
Top universities are looking for a hook - something that shows creativity. OK.
Meanwhile: Education System Destroys Creativity According to Science