On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Heather Madrone <[email protected]>wrote:
having homeschooled two to adulthood (with two more still homeschooling), I can now safely say that there's something in learning outside the school system that enables children to become their own best teachers. > > My daughters are both in college now, and I am often struck by how much > better their attitude is than mine was at their age. I was an excellent > student, but I didn't have their drive to make the most out of my education > nor did I have their sense of ownership of and responsibility for my > education. > > Education has never been done *to* them; it's always been done *by* them. > What a perceptive remark that last sentence is. My school education was, indeed, done to me...it was only in college that I refused to study medicine as my parents wanted me to do, and took up English and philosophy, and loved it! Heather, I'd like to hear more about your experiences with home-schooling, because I have always been afraid that homeschooling a child (in India) would mean lack of contact with the child's peer group. Of course, I did not even know that such an alternative was available to me, but even if I'd known it, I would still have chosen school as I feel that a child learns a lot more than just lessons at school...and my daughter's formed lifelong friendships from the schools she went to as she was growing up. Perhaps you could write to me off list, I don't want to bore those-who-are-not-interested! Deepa.
