Great contest!
I recently stumbled onto this boy's story, Don't Tell Me I Can't.
https://peakd.com/hive-180164/@jingo-submo/dont-tell-me-i-cant-by-cole-summers
I wrote this post about it soon after reading the book and my perspective on schooling and unschooling has changed some more since that post. I have a daughter who has recently been struggling with school. Her teacher routinely sends home feedback with the school work that she didn't finish in class with brief comments about how she doesn't stay focused during her assignments. I've also been told by my wife that she is made to sit and work on her assignments while the other children have recess and/or snack time. My wife is sick of it and finally decided that we should take her out of school for homeschooling. I still hold negative biases towards homeschooling and homeschooled kids, but I also have negative views on the way that most formal education is conducted. The big idea behind unschooling is to let kids decide what they want to learn about and I know that there's power in letting people choose their own destiny.
This book is full of great quotes "Sometimes bad luck is really consequences of bad choices"
I don't know how homeschooling will go for my daughter, but I think there may be great things that come out of it. I guess time will tell.
Kudos to you for engaging with your audience. I love to see lots of comments on people's posts.
What an interesting autobiography! Boy that kid achieved more things at his age than adults! It proves how much self education can shape a child.
Homeschooling is a new approach and it is definetely a subject for debate. I can see why someone would choose it for their kids as the quality of the pedagogical skills of some teachers can be quite disappointing.
How is your daughter doing now that she is homeschooled?
You asked me about the format of your post. I liked it and I appreciate your honesty , you said you love reading more than writing so I get that in your post
I look for a personal touch, not for academic language or professional book reviews. I want to see that the book touched the soul of the person who has read it. This matters the most for me.
Thank you for your entry🤗
This whole transition is still super new. We just bought a bunch of curriculum materials online based on her age and signed up for an umbrella school. The umbrella school works as sort of a mediator between us and the state. My daughter still has 3 days in public school this week which will finish out the semester. We'll take a break for the holidays and then officially start homeschooling in the first week of January which should be a good transition point since that's when the next semester would start at school.
She is super excited!