Quote From: julie1418I think unschooling makes a lot of people very uncomfortable, as it goes against what conventional wisdom tells us.
You seem to be starting with the assumption that everyone is going to be "uncomfortable" with your educational methods, and that is making you hostile and defensive. I am not uncomfortable with homeschooling per se, and I don't know enough about "unschooling" to BE uncomfortable with it. Don't make such broad assumptions.
Let's start again - I asked you if there you used anything besides your own observations to assess if your children were adequately learning. I guessing the answer is "no." Correct me if I am wrong.
So my second question is - and it is not an attack, merely information seeking - what is it that you want your child to know and be able to do once he/she is no longer under your care. Is there a goal? Do you foresee how he/she will be able to support him/herself financially or how he/she will manage in a world where there very well may be deadlines and unpleasant expectations?
This wasn't addressed to me, but I'm jumping in anyway.
"a lot of people" isn't "everyone" This is at least the 2nd time in this thread this has happened. Complaining to someone about something they didn't write is being assumptive and generally not productive.
I can't answer for the OP, but there are a lot of ways my children are assessed, including annually by a state certified teacher.
Unschooling occurs in the world, so there are of course, deadlines and unpleasant experiences. Not sure about unpleasant expectations, is that a glass half empty thing?
Unschooling is basically about learning to learn, in the sense that once you know how to learn something, you can learn whatever it is you want to learn. And sometimes you want to learn something merely to jump through a hoop of something else you want. Because that is how life is. I
