After long consideration, we have finally decided to homeschool our eight year old, our oldest. We want to help her learn, but also want her desire to learn guide her studies. We will no doubt learn to be teachers as she learns to learn, and there may be some unschooling to break a few bad habits. Everyone is self-educated, after all. Teachers are simply there to assist, not responsible for cramming knowledge into the heads of children, but to show them a world worth exploring. This is the beginning of the next chapter in our education adventure.
“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” - Isaac Asimov
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