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Re:An Unschooling Manifesto by derefr on Sunday April 26, 2009 @05:49PM (#580489)
You'll never find a four-year-old who doesn't love learning. Our culture does something to screw most of them up sometime soon after.
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Re:An Unschooling Manifesto by rkts on Monday April 27, 2009 @12:02AM (#580819)
Our culture does something to screw most of them up

If that's true, there ought to be some culture that doesn't have this problem. Can you name one?

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Re:An Unschooling Manifesto by eru on Monday April 27, 2009 @07:05AM (#581183)
Just a guess: Western civilization? Perhaps not today, but before schooling was made compulsory.
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Re:An Unschooling Manifesto by wensing on Monday April 27, 2009 @03:15PM (#581899)
My daughter is four and has an insatiable appetite for learning. Whether we ever structure her learning into a curriculum is TBD. She already reads at a 8-10 yr old level, and asks me questions that force us to open up wikipedia on my iPhone for late night tutoring sessions before she goes to bed. She loves it, I love it. What could be better?
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Re:An Unschooling Manifesto by asciilifeform on Monday April 27, 2009 @11:38AM (#581477)
This view is mistaken:

http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/PSEUDOSC/WhyAntiInt.htm

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