Comments on: Homeschooling hell http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/09/19/homeschooling-hell/ dawn friedman's blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Janice http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/09/19/homeschooling-hell/#comment-266 Janice Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:49:59 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=169#comment-266 I too find the classical stuff tremendously appealing. I've heard enough about A Well-Trained Mind, for example, that I am afraid to touch it -- I know it will bring out the overachieving school kid in me, whom I have worked so hard to leave back in high school and college. (I'm not saying that everyone who uses this method has those issues, just that I most definitely do. It has been hard for me not to push that onto my kids.) I think of it like driving a car. If you're drifting in a direction that isn't comfortable, you steer another way and adjust, or you turn and completely shake things up. As you know, we were totally into unschooling and it worked great, but for a variety of reasons, we're moving in a more structured direction. We'll assess that in a few months and see where we want to go -- it may be more toward the classical side, or it may be back to unschooling. I too find the classical stuff tremendously appealing. I’ve heard enough about A Well-Trained Mind, for example, that I am afraid to touch it — I know it will bring out the overachieving school kid in me, whom I have worked so hard to leave back in high school and college. (I’m not saying that everyone who uses this method has those issues, just that I most definitely do. It has been hard for me not to push that onto my kids.)

I think of it like driving a car. If you’re drifting in a direction that isn’t comfortable, you steer another way and adjust, or you turn and completely shake things up. As you know, we were totally into unschooling and it worked great, but for a variety of reasons, we’re moving in a more structured direction. We’ll assess that in a few months and see where we want to go — it may be more toward the classical side, or it may be back to unschooling.

]]> By: mudra http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2002/09/19/homeschooling-hell/#comment-265 mudra Thu, 19 Sep 2002 19:22:08 +0000 http://www.thiswomanswork.com/?p=169#comment-265 I don't know what to say, other than that I have the exact same problem. I love the intellectual rigor of classical homeschooling, but the rebellious liberal in me thinks that unschooling is the only way kids really learn anyway. It's a tough call. I'm still doing this homeschooling thing in a very half-assed way, but somehow Logan is still learning anyway. Go figure! I don’t know what to say, other than that I have the exact same problem. I love the intellectual rigor of classical homeschooling, but the rebellious liberal in me thinks that unschooling is the only way kids really learn anyway. It’s a tough call. I’m still doing this homeschooling thing in a very half-assed way, but somehow Logan is still learning anyway. Go figure!

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