| Have you ever wondered what happens to kids when | | | | paid me. (I have to count back the change, because I |
| they sit through long hours of class room time listening | | | | don't have a calculator.) |
| to a teacher and wishing they could just learn | | | | #4 Reason to Unschool |
| something and get it over with so they could go play? | | | | The Librarian spent two hours teaching us to use the |
| It's summer time here and kids are already going back | | | | internet in combination with the library resources to |
| to school, class time. I thought about that and decided | | | | research ancestry and history on the computer. I |
| I'm glad I home school. My class room is still part | | | | learned where to search for information about my |
| outside, and I don't have to spend a lot of time sitting at | | | | ancestors and how to read the census reports. |
| my desk yet. I still learn a lot. | | | | #5 Reason to Unschool |
| #1 Reason to Unschool | | | | I learned about the history of a bank robbery where a |
| Horticulture is a lesson. We planted a garden this year | | | | fingerprint was used for the first time to convict a killer |
| and I spend part of every day learning about green | | | | of his crime. I learned how sometimes what appears |
| growing things, harvesting tomatoes, beans and | | | | to be the truth in an investigation isn't true at all, |
| squash. I learned about container gardening this | | | | because the facts can be manipulated to appear |
| summer. I grew tomatoes in containers with peppers, | | | | different than they are. |
| marigolds and beans. | | | | #6 Reason to Unschool |
| #2 Reason to Unschool | | | | When I get tired of studying and need to run off some |
| My English lesson this week included selling my book at | | | | energy, I don't have to wait for recess. I just go run for |
| a Writer Conference in my hometown with twelve | | | | a few minutes. If I'm too busy studying to take a break, |
| other writers. I learned in about six hours how to | | | | I just study until I'm done and then go take recess. |
| market my book, how to write a query letter to a | | | | #7 Reason to Unschool |
| publisher, and how to research genealogy to write a | | | | I can literally choose what I do for blocks of time, and |
| creative non-fiction book. | | | | when I'm done, I can study or do something else. I get |
| #3 Reason to Unschool | | | | to finish what I start before I have to move on to other |
| Math included figuring taxes, shipping costs, and adding | | | | projects. If I get tired, I can change projects and do |
| up long tallies of numbers whenever I sold a book. I | | | | something different and come back to what I was |
| also had to count the money, keep track of my | | | | doing later. |
| change, and know how to make change when people | | | | |