inspiring post from an unschooling mother

Posted by: "Lisa" jlblock01@yahoo.com jlblock01
Thu May 8, 2008 1:03 pm (PDT)
This morning my 6 yr old asked the little boy that we are fostering
right now why he had to go to school... the boy replied that you HAD
to go to school to learn so you could get a good job... Jack thought
about it for a second and said "what happens if you don't get a GOOD
job? I think I would rather have a fun job" Funny how some adults
don't even get this and my 6 yr old has it figured out!

Oh and for the record... my father never took a woodworking class and
builds beautiful furniture which he learned to build from a book.. the
tools he uses ...learned to use those from a book also...my mother
learned to make beautiful baskets from a book, my husband learned car
repair from a book none were ever "taught" by anyone. One summer I
taught myself to play the alto saxophone... when I returned to school
and told my music director I wanted to switch from clarinet to
saxophone that I had learned over the summer he refused to let me
until I lied and said I took lessons! All of my children have
learned tons of things from books while never being taught by anyone
else. Anyone ever heard of "independent study"???
Lisa