The Untold History of School

[GilpinGuy]

I spent an hour or so walking with my little girl today in the woods and I bet she learned more than a kid in 1st grade did in a month.

"What's this?" Over and over again. Awesome! She learned all about aspens: how they lose their leaves, how they come back in the spring, how their roots make more aspens. Bears: how that might be a good place for a den, stay away, how they wake up in the spring and are hungry. On and on. Curious and wanting to learn EVERYTHING. Not just how to sit at a desk and be quite, stand in line and be quiet, do what you're told and be quiet, and and be a good worker for the rest of your life. And be quiet.

Those that are against anything but government schools.....man, deprogram yourself.

[Jonsey]

I spent an hour or so walking with my little girl today in the woods and I bet she learned more than a kid in 1st grade did in a month.

"What's this?" Over and over again. Awesome! She learned all about aspens: how they lose their leaves, how they come back in the spring, how their roots make more aspens. Bears: how that might be a good place for a den, stay away, how they wake up in the spring and are hungry. On and on. Curious and wanting to learn EVERYTHING. Not just how to sit at a desk and be quite, stand in line and be quiet, do what you're told and be quiet, and and be a good worker for the rest of your life. And be quiet.

Those that are against anything but government schools.....man, deprogram yourself.

Wow. That is a great perspective.
Nature walks are one of my favorite things to do with my kids and I feel the same way about how much it offers for learning. Actually, anything an adult is doing throughout their day works the same for them, and it is even more fantastic when they have a neighbor, grand parent, uncle etc to follow around. Many of these people do lots of things I don't and have been great assets to my kids.