Talk:Unschooling

From Wikiversity

"How to quit school and get a real life and education" - surely, come to Wikiversity.. ;-) Cormaggio 11:07, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

That quote (currently) continues:

"... The best ways to escape the worst aspects of public schooling, how you can and why you might want to."

I think that both of these sentences need to be more completely explained and justified. My jokey response above also needs to be critically examined - are we actually advocating giving up school? How exactly is school not relevant to "real life" and/or "education"? What are the "worst aspects of public schooling" - and how do we know? Is this only applicable to public schooling? And, regarding my comment, are we saying that Wikiversity will be of any more use to a person's education than school is?

I'm aware that the "why you might want to" is so far the only indication that this page will actually examine the issue rather than actively advocate giving up school. I don't think that this is something that we should be advocating - though perhaps this betrays something about my own conception of Wikiversity. I'd love to take this discussion forward if someone is interested... Cormaggio ^beep 14:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)