Radical Unschooling has been in the news a couple of times lately. ABC ran a segment on it. And then Joy Behar ran a segment.
Radical Unschooling is a way of life that I would like to strive for. It is trusting in your children and yourself that you will learn what you need to know in your lives. Many people remember how boring school and learning was when they were young and they don't realize that it does not have to be that way.
Think about a time in your life were you needed or wanted to learn about something that you did not know. For me, one of the first things that I felt I needed more information on was vaccines. Never before would I have thought that a non-fiction book could be so enjoyable. I became a sponge, taking in as much information as I could from all different kinds of sources (books, websites, videos, etc.). I discovered that this is how learning was supposed to work. Because this was something that pertained to my life now, I was able to learn what I needed to know. Had I taken a class in school on something like this, back before I needed the information, I would not have enjoyed it, nor would I have retained most of the information. How do I know this? Because that is the story of my schooling.
I am now spending my life unschooling myself. Learning about things that I am interested in and trying to decide what I want to do with my life. I want the same for my kids. I want them to be able to use their youth to figure all this out. I also want them to not always be preparing for some life in the future, but to live life today and learn about things that they are interested in and pertain to their lives today. I want them to know that they are free to pursue their interests and will not have to learn about some random information that someone else thinks that they may need to know at some future date in their life. I want them to know that, should that future date arrive where they need some piece of information, that they can spend time learning about what it is that they are needing to know.
My current job is to make sure my children have a rich life. I want them to be exposed to all sorts of ideas, information, and people. They will be able to decide what it is they want to learn about and I will do my best to help them to learn what they are needing to know, however that may look.
To learn more about radical unschooling, check out Sandra Dodd and Dayna Martin.
Radical Unschooling is a way of life that I would like to strive for. It is trusting in your children and yourself that you will learn what you need to know in your lives. Many people remember how boring school and learning was when they were young and they don't realize that it does not have to be that way.
Think about a time in your life were you needed or wanted to learn about something that you did not know. For me, one of the first things that I felt I needed more information on was vaccines. Never before would I have thought that a non-fiction book could be so enjoyable. I became a sponge, taking in as much information as I could from all different kinds of sources (books, websites, videos, etc.). I discovered that this is how learning was supposed to work. Because this was something that pertained to my life now, I was able to learn what I needed to know. Had I taken a class in school on something like this, back before I needed the information, I would not have enjoyed it, nor would I have retained most of the information. How do I know this? Because that is the story of my schooling.
I am now spending my life unschooling myself. Learning about things that I am interested in and trying to decide what I want to do with my life. I want the same for my kids. I want them to be able to use their youth to figure all this out. I also want them to not always be preparing for some life in the future, but to live life today and learn about things that they are interested in and pertain to their lives today. I want them to know that they are free to pursue their interests and will not have to learn about some random information that someone else thinks that they may need to know at some future date in their life. I want them to know that, should that future date arrive where they need some piece of information, that they can spend time learning about what it is that they are needing to know.
My current job is to make sure my children have a rich life. I want them to be exposed to all sorts of ideas, information, and people. They will be able to decide what it is they want to learn about and I will do my best to help them to learn what they are needing to know, however that may look.
To learn more about radical unschooling, check out Sandra Dodd and Dayna Martin.
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