I feel as though I am on the brink of an epiphany but I can’t quite see it… All I know is that its related to the attitude in which we approach homeschooling around my house…..but I can’t quite make it out. Something about feeling as though we have to do something versus doing something because we want to, and how that relates to school – and my slackerish nature. Because if we go into a day feeling as though we have to get one math lesson done, one history lesson done, one grammar lesson done, etc., and when we don’t get them done (as is almost always the case) then we are that many lessons behind – and soon, that many years behind – and how when we sit down for a lesson, we are just trying to get to the end so that we can get to the next lesson and be done and how that attitude is certainly playing a role in our feelings towards school.
Must.Figure.This.Out.
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I get this. It’s a huge problem. I was just talking on the phone to a friend about this phenomenon today. We were talking about people who are so achievement oriented, and then I noted how (as an unschooler) when I went to college, I didn’t view tests and grades as the final objective, or college as a means to an end (some particular career). I viewed wrong answers on tests as an opportunity to learn the right answer. I viewed college as a learning opportunity, and each class as a chance to learn more about something, to challenge myself. Not as something to be ticked off on a list. I do think this is because of my background as an unschooler, as well as my individual personality. But had I been public-schooled, I don’t think I would have had such an “open” attitude about learning, grading, and achievement.
Good luck, Deanna.