Quote From: purplepenny"unschoolers have not had the DESIRE TO LEARN squashed out of them." The ones I know haven't had the desire to learn provoked into them either.
I went to public school and I to this day have a unyielding desire to learn everything I can.
Yeah...that is the problem I have with that mentality. I have had public school teachers who inspired me beyond description. I will NEVER forget my second grade teacher who nurtured my love of reading, my seventh grade art teacher who helped me discover my ONLY artistic talent - calligraphy, just to mention two.
I know as a public school teacher I have touched students' lives and inspired them to learn. I recall vividly speaking to parents who were astonished when I got their kids to read for PLEASURE.
I resent the implication that public schools squash the desire for learning. That makes the HUGE assumption that all kids start school with that spark. Many had it squashed out of them LONG before they entered a school, and yet it is the school that takes the blame and is left to undo the damage.
