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Cathy wrote:
> James
>
> While I most certainly see your point about dogmatism and government
> schools, I think unschooling requires a deliberate leap of faith.  A parent
> who chooses to unschool (in the current, specific sense of the term) must
> have faith that his child will be prompted by Some Thing to learn whatever
> is not only necessary for a satisfactory life, but what is best for that
> child's optimal life.  Whatever that Some Thing may be....the universe,
> fate, the great spirit, the child herself...the unschooling parent must have
> faith in it.
Not James here but needing to add there are also those of us that 
believe the child does not need to learn from outside, but can discover 
inside, inherent understanding of relationships which are the core of 
the body of information society is deeming necessary. Communicating 
those realizations will take a lifetime, and practicing with a broad 
base of ages and backgrounds gives the best beginning. Faith exposure 
will fill a (w)hole is only necessary if one first is convinced there is 
a hole.

Kathyann