I studied to be an elementary school teacher in university and in that time (thanks to some "rogue" professors, my own personal reading, and experience working in the schools) I realized that compulsory, public education is, was, and has always been a scam.
A few books that opened my eyes were:
Summerhill - A.S. Neill
How Children Learn - John Holt
How Children Fail - John Holt
Dumbing Us Down - John Taylor Gatto
Awareness - Anthony DeMello
My son attends a Montessori kindergarten/preschool 3 times a week which he loves, so I have nothing against schools that understand how things work and are student-centered, really.
I also don't wish to tell other parents how they ought to approach the matter. I've just seen how broken it is (the compulsory system) from the inside. Not to mention the fact that forcing people to surrender their children to the state under threat of violence/sanction is unethical.
My son is able to hang out with children and adults of all different ages, and be a part of the community in day to day life in ways that other children simply cannot, because they are couped up in age segregated indoctrination centers.
I am aware that some homeschooling parents are horrible, so don't get me wrong. That is on them, though, and not the idea/philosophy of unschooling itself, in my view.
I really appreciate your questions and commentary!
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Awesome, and I appreciate those references - I don't have kids myself (though hopefully someday, knock on wood) I still find the topic fascinating and may just check out one or three of those titles for fun ;)
"age segregated indoctrination centers." - bold words, but from what I've been learning recently that's more or less the truth. I mean seriously..the pledge of allegiance?! (For those of us in the US).
Re "forcing people to surrender their children to the state under threat of violence/sanction is unethical." -- agreed, and again I don't know the details of this especially since I'm not a parent, but if you officially say your child will be homeschooled you don't have to worry about that, right?
I went to Montessori preschool myself and still have fond memories, hehe. I remember the different color readers and all that..though I'm sure things are different now.
Glad to follow you on here. That is so cool you went to a Montessori school. It has probably changed a lot less than you might imagine! Having kids will change your life, my friend! Blessings.
Thanks, likewise. I'll keep that in mind for when I'm at that stage of my life..I still need to meet that lucky lady first :P