A forgotten post

A forgotten post. A post. A post can be many things and have many uses. A forgotten one serves nothing, but a reminder to those passing by of what might have been. In traveling you may come upon a post, the remains of some long gone fence. Once used to delineate who can stand on either side or keep this or that from straying. Or perhaps said forgotten post had something other use. One merely to hitch something or someone to. Maybe, just maybe this forgotten post is nothing more then a bad attempt at a facetious post?

You know what has been on my mind a lot lately. My boys and their education. Having had bad experiences with public education, not to mention the current state of CPS. And are somewhat negative experience with putting are oldest through preschool. I have done far to much reading (skimming mostly) on unschooling. One of our initial ideas was either Waldorf or a home school  program based around the Waldorf ideals. All of which didnt go anywhere due to a lack of money. Private education is expensive. Home schooling can be done at almost no cost, the internet has so many (to many sometimes) resources. However knowing are children's personality's, I doubt they would enjoy much less cooperate at this time or maybe ever in a structured learning environment. Hence why we fell into the realm of unschooling.

In reading, talking and listening done on the subject of unschooling. While I have my doubts I think this may have been the best choice. The boys need time to be children. And if you are observant enough you find that yes they learn all be themselves all the time. Despite what certain family members may be saying, they are learning and overcoming their developmental issues. You really have to spend more then one or two hours out of the week to see the progress they are making or what they are capable of doing. Competing with one another really motivates them to push their limits. And all we have to do is help them answer the questions they have, get them out of the house and out into the world. When they show us a strong interest in a subject we need only help them to deeply understand this. Everything else they need they will learn when they need it, not before.

I find that this has been my case in learning. I learned to be angry and hate in school. But outside of that influence, I learned to read. I learned a trade. I read widely and know a little bit about almost everything. And more then that on those few areas where I wanted to know more. Now I see that when I have a question or an interest, I go out and learn about it. I read or take a class maybe even watch a video on it. Children are no different and interacting in the world around them is how they learn. Its how we all learn.