Beyond School and Schooling

[Meritocrat]

Leonardo da Vinci and Ben Franklin were not educated in any of the ways available today. Most of the geniuses throughout human history, in fact, were not schooled, homeschooled or unschooled. How were they educated then and does it answer the cries of children today?

Beyond School and Schooling LewRockwell.com

 

[mtr1979]

Let's be totally honest school isn't about learning or becoming educated. School is daycare. Parents need to send their kids somewhere while they are working.

 

[Meritocrat]

Every possible sacrifice should be made to keep one's child out of daycare and school.

 

[Meritocrat]

HarrierEducation.org

 

[Meritocrat]

"Those who choose to educate their children independently should feel no need to follow anything the government schools are doing. Those who do not try to mimic school should not label what they are doing unschooling. If the child was never schooled, she doesn’t need to be unschooled."

 

[Meritocrat]

This piece originally ran in LewRockwell.com and was picked up today by TheRidgewoodblog, a widely read site covering Northern New Jersey and New York.


I've always tried to reach a mainstream audience as well as libertarians, writing for publications like The Detroit News and Newsmax.com, as well as The Freeman and Liberty.


I think people know enough now to avoid government schools. Now they want some good alternatives.

 

[Meritocrat]

"Elon Musk didn’t think his children’s private school was teaching in the right way, which he believes is starting with real-life problems and then finding tools to bring about solutions, so he pulled his children out and brought them to work with him at SpaceX. With the help of one of the children’s former teachers who agreed with him, he started an education program called Ad Astra. Though still having one foot in the door of the schooling paradigm, it’s a model to emulate and build on."

 

[Meritocrat]

There will be greater and greater demand for smart people who haven't gone to grade school or college.

 

[Meritocrat]

"In his book The Talent Code, Daniel Coyle explains how greatness can be attained. Set out to learn a skill just beyond current abilities. When reaching a mistake, figure it out, then start back from the beginning. Toddlers do this naturally without any prompting. Maybe the detrimental practice of ignoring mistakes, or fixing them and continuing rather than starting fresh, is bred by having too much pointless work to complete before getting to go out and play." Full article