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sense

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1. Unschooling all the way!
Sat Jun 23, 2012, 02:30 AM
Jun 2012

We home schooled for academic reasons (complete lack of that in school) so it made no sense to us to limit ourselves with canned curriculum. We pulled our eldest out of school when he was 8 and had graduated 5th grade. Best decision we ever made! He was and is a voracious reader and taught himself most of the things he wanted to learn. We filled the house with books, found him mentors and teachers for the things we thought were better learned in groups (he spoke 5 languages by the time he left for college and speaks 6 now), enrolled him in classes in the community (mostly adult) and online and just considered most of life an opportunity for learning. He began taking community college courses at 16 and will soon graduate from one of the most academic colleges in the US.

Congrats on your decision and have a great time!

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Unschooling all the way! sense Jun 2012 #1
It can be overwhelming. mzteris Jun 2012 #2
This is a very good post. sense Jun 2012 #3
Seriously, I don't believe there is a "norm"... mzteris Jun 2012 #6
thanks! Don't worry about the Xtian nuttery edumacation. AllyCat Jun 2012 #4
Kindergarteners shouldn't be required to read! mzteris Jun 2012 #7
Absolutely. sense Jun 2012 #8
here's a link mzteris Jun 2012 #5
homeschooling mlr Jan 2013 #9
Old and New kaanguler Feb 2013 #10
Update: Unschooling AllyCat Mar 2013 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2013 #12
Homeschooling mutian Oct 2013 #13
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #14
Huh? A link to videogaming? AllyCat Oct 2013 #15
easy homeschool program apriljessy Dec 2013 #16
Exactly. Online school is still public school. AllyCat Dec 2013 #17
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