Something I really started thinking about when I was unschooling high school was the nature of true freedom. Basically, I came to the conclusion that lack of restrictions was not enough: to be truly free we need to know the truth and be able to do what we truly want deep down inside. Years later […]
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Back from Northeast Unschooling Conference 2009
September 2nd, 2009I just got back from the Northeast Unschooling Conference this past weekend and I had a blast! There were a couple things I didn’t like during the conference but looking back now I’m just really happy about all the things I did enjoy. The first day, as I already blogged about there were few people […]
7 Reasons to Send Your Child to School and 1 Reason To Unschool
August 20th, 2009A mother explains the seven reasons she’s decided to send her child to school this year even though many of her friends have chosen unschooling/homeschooling. Eli Gerzon responds to each reason and gives his one reason to unschool: your child has a beautiful light and school will damage it and the bond you have with her.
Typical Day As Unschooling Teen in High School
August 19th, 2009Eli Gerzon talks about a typical day as an unschooling teenager. Literature group and other classes organized by homeschoolers, classes at local community college, learning from reading, writing, and walking in the woods. Some unschoolers take a full college workload, some take no classes.
Unschoolers Reclaiming Homeschooling Term
August 14th, 2009I’ve thought a lot about all the terms for homeschooling: unschooling, worldschooling, self-education, life learning, autodidact, etc. I just read a post defending the term “unschooling”. Idzie’s a grown unschooler from Montreal who has a very cool blog called I’m Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write. She makes some very interesting points in this post. When […]
Upcoming Unschooling Conferences 2009-2010
August 14th, 2009A list of unschooling conferences in and around Boston, Dallas, Texas, San Diego, California, Maryland, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, New Jersey, Bermuda, Sante Fe, New Mexico, northern Ohio, Columbia, South Carolina, and Illinois welcoming all unschoolers, homeschoolers, and anyone interested.
Diversity, Unschooling Conferences, and Steinbeck, MLK, and Gandhi Quotes
August 9th, 2009I was inspired by a quote from John Steinbeck to write more about race, racism, and welcoming diversity in the homeschooling scene and at unschooling conferences. I also quote Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. from a great YouTube video you can watch here. In 1961, Steinbeck talked with a wealthy white man in […]
Freedom, Fear, and Unschooling
August 5th, 2009After I left school and started unschooling, I had freedom, I put my trust in myself, and I did a lot of healing work. Still there was a fear inside me that took me years to be fully aware of and make the choice not to let it control my actions. Recently I rediscovered a […]
Freedom, Healing, and Unschooling
July 30th, 2009Eli Gerzon talks about how he used the freedom he had with unschooling/homeschooling when he left school, to do all kinds of emotional and spiritual healing work. We can’t have freedom or be free if we have wounds that need tending to. He refers to the website Family Healing Institute, by Venus Taylor an African-American, unschooling/homeschooling mom in Boston. Eli Gerzon quotes Venus Taylor and expresses his own gratitude and thanks to all who have helped them heal.
Homeschooling, Unschooling, and Diversity
July 22nd, 2009Eli Gerzon addresses how homeschooling, unschooling, and worldschooling, with the freedom, trust, and empowerment they grant has been proven to “improve academic performance and reduce impact of socio-economic factors”. The recent incident of racial profiling against African American Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is referenced in relation to the continued presence of racism. Still, there is a lack of diversity at homeschooling and unschooling gatherings despite the growing numbers of diverse people homeschooling.