What Unschooling Is NOT

So, here’s my rant page for those things people have said or written that are complete misunderstandings of unschooling. They usually come from newbies or those who think they’re throwing in a bit of unschooling into their lives. Argh.

a dash of unschooling (in other words, disorganisation!) EDIT: This one abandoned her blog… was it something I said?!

From Undercover Unschooler on the Homeschool Daze Blog:

I catch him in learning situations all the time. These are not scheduled “projects” that I have put together, but rather a young boy discovering life at his own pace and pleasure. He will start school this year and I’ll sit him at the table with the older two, but I think that I’ll find that most of my work has been done already. When I discover this, I’ll have no choice but to send the child from the table. He’ll go off and teach himself something new I suppose.

And that is how I became an unschooler unbeknownst to myself.

Read my response: Undercover Unschooler?