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Re: Home Schooling
Couple of comments: Unschooling is a subset of homeschooling. Unschooling is used to describe a method of homeschooling in which the child explores what interests them. Unschooling is also a small minority among homeschoolers - in my opinion - and I do homeschool and so I know a lot of homeschoolers. I've added my definition simply because homeschooling and unschooling seem to be used somewhat interchangably in this discussion. Unlike government schooling - which is mandated to a certain degree at the Federal and State levels (more and more as time goes on) - homeschooling is very very diverse. It ranges from a very traditional academic approach to a complete hands off approach (extreme unschooling) and can also take on many many other facets. As such, it's difficult to talk about homeschooling as a stereotyped entity - how do you compare something that is very diverse with something that is quite definable? For the record, I'm a fan of teaching somewhat traditionally, but also allow for a lot of time for kids to think about and explore their individual interests.
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