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I think it can work, but it involves a lot of work on the part of the parent to make sure that, somewhere, over the course of the years, basic skills are achieved. The disadvantages would be that in the workforce, the free range style of learning does not translate well. But, on the other hand, it may be that the child who is being unschooled, may have been a discipline problem in the school system. The unstructured learning atmosphere may be what he/she needs. I am a teacher myself, and I know all too well that schools do not suit every child, and only a percentage of children really benefit from the structured monotonous education provided by most systems. I remember there was an African-American teacher in one of the poor areas of NY ( I think) who had a loft full of kids who had been thrown out of schools, and was using an almost unschool method of teaching them, with great results.
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I do it myself, and I've turned out alright. It can work very well, if the child being un-schooled has the initiative to do a fair ammount of study on their own. And the big plus of it is, you don't have to go through the public school system, which is, if you ask me, pretty socially F***ed up.
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