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I was in a home-school coop about 25 years ago. We attended it a few times, until we stopped going. I was just a kid so I have no idea why we stopped. I remembe

I was in a home-school coop about 25 years ago. We attended it a few times, until we stopped going. I was just a kid so I have no idea why we stopped. I remember it didn't help. I didn't know how to do any of the homework they assigned so I never did any (a practice that carried into high school). Since I never had tests or grades of any sort it didn't really matter.

biomcgary 3y ago
Thanks for the additional details about your experience (and I'm sorry about them). Statistically, I'm slightly surprised that you were in a co-op that long ago. I was home-schooled a few years earlier and the notion of a co-op was just starting to be discussed.
- noelwelsh 3y ago
  There is a long tradition in this sort of thing in anarchist (and related) education. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-managed_social_center#Free_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-managed_social_center#Fre... It's maybe not 100% what you're thinking of, but it's reasonably close.
vkou 3y ago
> Since I never had tests or grades of any sort it didn't really matter. I was homeschooled to grade 3, and just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades, it absolutely mattered. I had to correctly solve, both verbally and in writing, enough questions at the end of the current chapter of the textbook, to a standard that satisfied them. For every subject of study. Every single day.
- spiderice 3y ago
  > just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades > I had to correctly solve ... to a standard that satisfied them In other words, you had tests and grades
  - vkou 3y ago
    A test is, by most people's general understanding, is a closed-book, timed, evaluation of competency. A grade is a permanent record of a snapshot-in-time evaluation of your understanding of a material. "Read the chapter, solve the problems in it, we'll go over your work later" is neither a test, nor a grade.
    - devbent 3y ago
      Historically oral exams were commonly used to test a student's proficiency, but they fell out of favor as the educational system scaled up.

biomcgary 3y ago

Thanks for the additional details about your experience (and I'm sorry about them). Statistically, I'm slightly surprised that you were in a co-op that long ago. I was home-schooled a few years earlier and the notion of a co-op was just starting to be discussed.

noelwelsh 3y ago
There is a long tradition in this sort of thing in anarchist (and related) education. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-managed_social_center#Free_schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-managed_social_center#Fre... It's maybe not 100% what you're thinking of, but it's reasonably close.

vkou 3y ago

> Since I never had tests or grades of any sort it didn't really matter. I was homeschooled to grade 3, and just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades, it absolutely mattered. I had to correctly solve, both verbally and in writing, enough questions at the end of the current chapter of the textbook, to a standard that satisfied them. For every subject of study. Every single day.

spiderice 3y ago
> just because my parents didn't give me tests or grades > I had to correctly solve ... to a standard that satisfied them In other words, you had tests and grades
- vkou 3y ago
  A test is, by most people's general understanding, is a closed-book, timed, evaluation of competency. A grade is a permanent record of a snapshot-in-time evaluation of your understanding of a material. "Read the chapter, solve the problems in it, we'll go over your work later" is neither a test, nor a grade.
  - devbent 3y ago
    Historically oral exams were commonly used to test a student's proficiency, but they fell out of favor as the educational system scaled up.