Unschooling

1 Goldstein, Dana. "Why Homeschooling Violates Progressive Values." Slate Magazine. N.p., 16 Feb. 2012. Web. 05 Apr. 2017. This pervasive article written by Dana Goldstein discusses the popular trend of homeschooling and unschooling. Goldstein presents the idea that public education, and structured education is no longer an effective way of learning for an increasing amount of people. For instance, Goldstein mentions that approximately one million to…

Many homeschoolers look at this as a positive thing. John Holt author of Teach Your Own says in his article Homeschooling and Unschooling Resources that people typically always understood that before you could teach something you had to know it yourself. He says that only recently did human beings get the notion that in order to teach others what you know, you have to spend years…

Existing Inequality in Schools The educational community is seeking for solutions to improve education today. The topic that will be addressed in this essay is the form of “segregation” that still exist in today 's school system. It may not be a physical form of segregation between colored and white that appears in our past history but it is a form of less education and opportunity provided to the “minority” (Black & Hispanic) students. Still existing segregation is a problem that in fixing may…

The first guideline is “Don’t overestimate what the audience knows.” What this essentially means is that a speaker should never just assume that the audience knows the topic well. The audience might never have heard about the topic before, so the speaker must be sure to either elaborate or simplify the topic to make it easier to understand from the perspective of a first-time listener. The second guideline is “Relate the subject directly to the audience.” In order to give a successful…

Education is and always will be one of the most important factors in society and an emphasis on everyone’s well-being of learning. Not just math, reading, and science but social interaction among students and adults. With this being said, education is viewed on many avenues such as public schooling, private schooling, and home schooling. Public education gives everyone an equal opportunity to get an education. Private schools are a non-government school and that means they are allowed to choose…