Sierra Highlands

Thursday, January 12, 2006

"What I believe is the main philosophy of unschooling is to refrain from teaching a child that it needs to be taught."

That's a quote from "Unschooling and the Need to Know".

Also, I'm in Carnival of Unschooling #2!
And so is Melissa, in "Tidal Homeschooling"!
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