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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 08:57 AM Original message |
The ''Unschooling" Movement |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. here's the Wikipedia entry on "unschooling" |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. all I got was a silly ad. Which pretty much proves your point, I guess. |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They are throwing their childrens future away |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:11 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Isn't Bush already pushing UNWORKING |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Are you serious? |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
82. The most important thing for a child is |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good luck on the SATs. |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. How's 1290 at age 10? I know one who did this. The parent had |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Agreed. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
73. one, big deal |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. Wasn't there an article last week.. |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. I would have liked this when I was eight. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. LOL! Very Good Jack |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. how would it have prepared you for the infantry? |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think we have an unschooler here, on DU, who goes by the user name of... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Here's the thread: |
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pmteet (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Unschooling |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe this was popular among upper classes in the 1800's in England |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. Then again |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. you are wrong, I think |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Then let me state it this way |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. well, yes, that I agree with |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. We don't distinguish |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
80. Eesh, I don't know. |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Congratulations |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Congratulations not necessary, and I'm not an astronaut either :) |
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JusticeForAll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. It was an interesting video |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. What I dont understand is should a 9 year old child be |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Is this a reiteration of SummerHill? |
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pmteet (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. In reality... |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I would have loved it |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. In the 80s too. n/t |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Many interesting studies have been done in this area |
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pmteet (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Feral children are different |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. "Wild children" don't learn to speak |
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pmteet (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. However |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
81. Interestingly enough (and I hope on-topic enough) not only are those |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Yeah, except that IQ is norm-based... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Our educational system is antiquated, built for the industrial age |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Yes and no. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No and no |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
49. Keep the right wing memes coming. |
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October (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
78. Um, the RIGHT WING is in the public schools |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Unschooling is definitely not a right wing thing |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. it definitely leans to the right |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. How many unschoolers do you know? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. i know quite a few and the sacrifice is real like it or not |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I'm unschooling my child and working |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. How do parents who work manage to homeschool??? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I work from home |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:46 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. I had a student who had been homeschooled by a mom who went to work |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. I don't mean this to be snarky |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Clearly homeschooling or unschooling is not an option available to most |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. Sounds more like "Spoiled Rotten". |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
60. except that it works |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. I unschool my child |
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coffeenap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You go girl--I've never said that before--lol. I think this subject is an |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. yes, when the parents have high levels of education |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Well Said |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. thank you, northzax |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:47 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. you can certainly train a child to learn |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. Yes, what happens in single parent families (without trust funds)? |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
77. Bias? |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Questions here! |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Hiya! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Have you visited the DU homeschooling group? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. John Holt wrote a lot about how to teach kids in a classroom |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Yes he did, |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. I have read all his books. |
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Harald Ragnarsson (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
25. Peasants don't need any kind of education anyway |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I could not have said it better |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Everyone on this thread please read this. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. this ain't the wild west, you know |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. There's a bit of difference between a third world hellhole |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. so yes, for well educated fairly well financed Americans |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. I don't disagree that my child is relatively privileged |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. you aren't getting my point |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. I know my involvement would help him to do well in school |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
39. I actually like this idea. Flame away. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. I actually like this idea. Flame away. |
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Clara T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Un schoolers-De schoolers-Home schoolers-Alternative Schools are fantastic |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
79. Different strokes for different folks. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
57. except that it works |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-17-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. Thanks for the informative posts on this thread |
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