Posted on 05/09/2015 5:53:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf
WRONG, unschooling is one of many approaches to homeschooling.
What you’re describing sounds more like the “school at home” approach. There are many approaches to homeschooling, unschooling is one of them, school at home is another.....
I hate to use the word but I will. This incident reminded me of Nazi soldiers ripping kids away from parents as they got off trains at concentration camps. For an unknowing, immature, young, innocent child, what the hells the difference between a nazi soldier in uniform and a Kentucky State Trooper in uniform? The Terror to the child at the moment of separation, with momma screaming her head off, is the same.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, I support forcible removal of some children from some parents. But, I support it only in emergencies involving their life or after due process by thinking, responsible, caring, educated adults has concluded there is no other common sense option. And, even then they better be right if they want to get some sleep at night.
Ooooh, the State has their best interests at heart! And another poster on this site....”steeling from that he was going to shot them”
Spare me. It seems this family makes choices that I would not make, but the State darn well wouldn’t make them for me either.
You’re right, Patriot Babe.
Contrary to what has been erroneously posted here, unschooling is a approach to homeschooling. It’s not homeschooling OR unschooling.
I don't know what the right decision is, but removing kids from a family should be in a last resort only.
feral. Not like the inner city youths in Baltimore or any other city, that attend government schools.
Anytime there is possible merit to accusations? NO. Any time there is proof? I’m not trusting the State to cough up possible merit to accusations. They surely will find something to take your children away over.
You can tell from a few photos?? You’re amazing. I bet you went to government indoctrination centers (aka skools) for your education! How else could you know so much?!
Not at all. We were not unschoolers but I did believe in certain aspects of homeschooling that you might not agree with. I had one son that didn’t read until he was 13. He was a bright lad, and had all the tools necessary, but could not decipher the words in a sentence. I know many would have labeled him much earlier, but I’d been there/done that with oldest son and the public school. Medicine, learning disability labels, the whole nine yards. As I mentioned, this one had the tools, he just couldn’t apply them. I waited, and in the meantime, taught. When he was...13? He picked up a copy of King Arthur’s Court from Great Illustrated Classics and read it, cover to cover. Nothing could stop him after that. I’m not saying every child is the same, not at all, but there is no line in the sand that ends at 12.
We home schooled, but I would have preferred unschooling. My wife was afraid of it, and our school system required a curriculum, so I don’t know if it would have flown, anyway.
Congratulations to you!
-— The Unschooled kid doesn’t ever get tested and you can’t certify him to anything -—
Good heavens!
Have you ever read the bio of Ben Franklin?
I’d also recommend”The Underground History of American Education.” It’s available to read online for free.
Compulsory schooling has never been a benign institution. It has always been a humanist /progressive project.
This is heartbreaking:
Blessed Little Homestead
Yesterday at 3:18pm ·
I know these posts are all over the web. So I hope this gets to the right people.
I don’t know where my children are but if you have them tell them we miss and love them dearly. We will see them soon.
My heart is broken. I have been trying to keep busy with the legal stuff to keep my mind busy. It’s going to be the longest weekend of my life.
I haven't read the DM article, yet, but the lead-up seems to be highly sensationalized. I like the DM as I read about things with them they I don't see in our own press, but I don't put much stock into that hype. I hope they get their kids back unless they is *real* abuse going on. The state is causing psychological harm...especially to the littlest ones.
I googled and read around, it wasn’t pretty.
Three comments on the DM article that I agree with:
FHVII, Why, United States, about an hour ago
Sorry but your scathing article title isn’t forcing my opinion on this matter. I think these children look incredibly happy and healthy. F the control freaks!!
A.J., L.A. CA, United States, about an hour ago
And when the Grid goes down, we’ll be running to them for Help!
iworkforaliving, Orlando, about an hour ago
I The government is just threatened with families who want to live free from government welfare. The kids look happy and healthy. Their pets too.
I think very good advice.
I knew two girls who were homeschooled this way. It’s called un schooling, and it just basically means they have unstructured learning. All kids learn- they are learning machines. Their parents were college professors.
I had them in Sunday school for a while and they were way below grade level in reading. But you know what, they did learn in that way, in fact, both were offered college scholarships and both attended and graduated college, and hsve gone on tosuccessful adulthood.
as long as the kids aren’t part of the state government controlled education, the state has no business interfering. The state can’t even educate the kids they’ve got in their own schools. They don’t own people’s children, just because they happen to live in their state.
Me, too!
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