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The only problem I have with this post is the "at school" part. Schools are not really for life-education like this (sadly). It's not feasible in a place wher

by wdewind 17y ago

The only problem I have with this post is the "at school" part. Schools are not really for life-education like this (sadly). It's not feasible in a place where cultures clash so much in the class room like the US, you risk offending etc., and as stupid as it sounds it's a real issue. Anyone familiar with city public schools can agree...

dazzawazza 17y ago
True, maybe one of the books should be 'how to be offended and get over it'. Since a lot of people (at least vocal people anyway) seem to think they have a right not to be offended as they travel through life.
tokenadult 17y ago
Agreed. I homeschool my children so that they can read a lot more than children are expected to read in school. Personally, I'm glad my children also read better books than the books suggested in the submitted blog post.
- snitko 17y ago
  Could you tell a bit more about homeschooling? Experience, advices? What's the hardest thing about it, for example?
  - michaelkeenan 17y ago
    You might be interested in the "unschooling" ideas of David Friedman (son of Milton Friedman): http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/case-for-unschooling.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/case-for-unschool... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/unschooling-advantage-of-real-world.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/unschooling-advan... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-theory.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-practice.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-...
  - tokenadult 17y ago
    The hardest thing about homeschooling for some families here in the United States is getting out of the two-income trap enough to have time to do it. My wife and I could have made more money for ourselves, thinking in the short term, by sending our children to the schools our taxes already pay for and working full-time (or overtime) when our children were younger. But I'm satisfied with the educational results of the trade-off we made. Time management is more of an issue for some people than others. It is generally more of an issue for a homeschooling family as the number of children increases. Our oldest is about to go off to college, and thus our household size will begin going down for the first time in several years. Here's a link with more information: http://learninfreedom.org/ http://learninfreedom.org/ For us, the bottom line is that we are glad to have homeschooled, and are keeping it up for our younger children.

by wdewind 17y ago

dazzawazza 17y ago

True, maybe one of the books should be 'how to be offended and get over it'. Since a lot of people (at least vocal people anyway) seem to think they have a right not to be offended as they travel through life.

tokenadult 17y ago

Agreed. I homeschool my children so that they can read a lot more than children are expected to read in school. Personally, I'm glad my children also read better books than the books suggested in the submitted blog post.

snitko 17y ago
Could you tell a bit more about homeschooling? Experience, advices? What's the hardest thing about it, for example?
- michaelkeenan 17y ago
  You might be interested in the "unschooling" ideas of David Friedman (son of Milton Friedman): http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/case-for-unschooling.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/case-for-unschool... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/unschooling-advantage-of-real-world.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2006/02/unschooling-advan... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-theory.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-... http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-practice.html http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-unschooling-...
- tokenadult 17y ago
  The hardest thing about homeschooling for some families here in the United States is getting out of the two-income trap enough to have time to do it. My wife and I could have made more money for ourselves, thinking in the short term, by sending our children to the schools our taxes already pay for and working full-time (or overtime) when our children were younger. But I'm satisfied with the educational results of the trade-off we made. Time management is more of an issue for some people than others. It is generally more of an issue for a homeschooling family as the number of children increases. Our oldest is about to go off to college, and thus our household size will begin going down for the first time in several years. Here's a link with more information: http://learninfreedom.org/ http://learninfreedom.org/ For us, the bottom line is that we are glad to have homeschooled, and are keeping it up for our younger children.