Once again I have been privy to people say they are: Unschooly, Unschoolish, try to but freak out, some people say I'm unschooling and some don't, I don't care about the label...
I have blogged about this before because you either unschool or you don't. All of those people that say these phrases are not unschooling because if they were they wouldn't say things like that.
If you don't care about the label then why do you use it?
The label is useful for finding others who share your philosophy. Unschooling does mean something, it doesn't mean do what you want and call it unschooling. It doesn't mean we unschool but...we unschool on weekends, after school, we unschool but use a math curriculum.....etc....
In order to unschool you must deschool, it is imperative. You must shift your paradigm and unlearn all the stuff that school taught you about learning.
You must trust the learning process, you must trust yourself and your children.
I'm not trying to tell anyone that they should unschool.
I do get bothered by the muddy waters that these homeschoolers put out there that blurs the lines about what unschooling really is.
You might say so what, who cares?
I do apparently :)
If you aren't willing to examine why you are holding on to school then just admit it and be a homeschooler.
We have unschooled...aka...lived our lives without school all along. It is completely possible to totally unschool.
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