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It's almost as if foreign countries have an interest in a stupid America and have been pushing memes and ideas online to achieve their goals.
True. And those well-educated kids will eventually be paying for the "Radical Unschooled" kids' welfare checks.Well, kids who have parents that value education are going to run circles around these kids.
If you've never listened to Pessimists Archive podcast, it really drives home how this is a very cyclical trend. Someone has been claiming "new stuff" is the downfall of kids education since the creation of writing! We all recall the "TV parents" of the 1980s, but there was the hysteria around bicycles in the 1890s IIRC. Just the history of pearl clutching has been so regular, and so obviously stupid looking back at the last ~200 years of these things, I have real trouble getting all that worked up about "iPad kids" etc.It will be interesting what kids of today are saying 50-60 years from now about the days of the Internet and social media. How all the new stuff in the future is ruining the youth of that day and how things were so much better back in the early 2000s.
True. And those well-educated kids will eventually be paying for the "Radical Unschooled" kids' welfare checks.
Kurt
Well, I think automation may make education less relevant unfortunately. I hope it doesn't happen as fast as some pundits say, but I do see AI and automation is more and more removing even professional jobs. Who needs an army of paralegals when you have lexis nexus rather than physical law libraries? As the AI summaries and source finding comes more and more online, who needs more than a single lawyer to fact check the AI and present in court?Well, kids who have parents that value education are going to run circles around these kids.
Agree with all of this.This is not a tiktok trend.
This is the Unschooling Movement and it's been around for decades.
I'm familiar with it because I homeschool my son (NOT unschool) and many people get the two confused.
But the people who do unschooling correctly ARE teaching their kids. It's just not as obvious to the untrained eye. To do it right takes a lot of work.
Unfortunately there are bad parents who use it as an excuse to educationally neglect their kids.
This is not a tiktok trend.
This is the Unschooling Movement and it's been around for decades.
I'm familiar with it because I homeschool my son (NOT unschool) and many people get the two confused.
But the people who do unschooling correctly ARE teaching their kids. It's just not as obvious to the untrained eye. To do it right takes a lot of work.
Unfortunately there are bad parents who use it as an excuse to educationally neglect their kids.
Shocker. The adults must have never read or believed in Lord of the Flies.In our grade school, for a couple of years, we had what is called an individual education program. The student attends what ever class they feel like but has to complete the objectives of the class. It was discontinued because some students couldn't meet the objectives without the structure of regular class times.
Bill
We homeschool, too….my son got a 1520 on his SAT. Homeschooled, not unschooled, but we really let him explore what he loved, and still does, while making sure he got everything he needed. The truth is how much the parents care is very high in how much the child will succeed. I am grateful we live in a country that allows for many forms of education. And unschooling can work, but it’s a HUGE responsibility for the parents to be able to nurture, provide, and guide the child.This is not a tiktok trend.
This is the Unschooling Movement and it's been around for decades.
I'm familiar with it because I homeschool my son (NOT unschool) and many people get the two confused.
But the people who do unschooling correctly ARE teaching their kids. It's just not as obvious to the untrained eye. To do it right takes a lot of work.
Unfortunately there are bad parents who use it as an excuse to educationally neglect their kids.
Respect.We homeschool, too….my son got a 1520 on his SAT. Homeschooled, not unschooled, but we really let him explore what he loved, and still does, while making sure he got everything he needed. The truth is how much the parents care is very high in how much the child will succeed. I am grateful we live in a country that allows for many forms of education. And unschooling can work, but it’s a HUGE responsibility for the parents to be able to nurture, provide, and guide the child.
Plus, sadly, there are many more more children struggling and lacking in this country than there are unschooled children. But ticktock and the media will focus on what they want…the media especially.
By the way, I didn’t watch the video...from the comments it would probably make me upset. All I am saying, is that ultimately, it is the PARENT’S responsibility to make sure their child is educated. We are human and make mistakes, so no system is perfect.
And, for all of us timeshare lovers and lovers of travel, this is a wonderful way to educate our children…bring history to life, walking on the grounds that they read about in their books….make it all come alive and inspire them to make the world a greater place!