I would have been excluded from this survey if I knew of its existence since I attended (only) 12th grade and graduated. I was unschooled prior to this age, an

I would have been excluded from this survey if I knew of its existence since I attended (only) 12th grade and graduated. I was unschooled prior to this age, and I consider myself quite successful. Several have pointed to a perception that one must be of financial means to unschool your children, and at least in my case the opposite is true. However, while my parents did not have the encumbrance of wealth, they were both highly educated and valued knowledge and family highly. I consider my experience mostly positive, and credit the notion of facilitating learning when there is active interest as a basic cognitive tool useful in many areas of our society.