Reddit reviews The Unschooling Unmanual

Agreed. Once upon a time, science and philosophy were much more closely related than they are today. We are polarizing individual aspects of the arts, which has done more to create robotic thinkers than open minded learners. Homeschooling is a great first step to breaking his daughter out of the conveyer belt thinking process, and introducing her to every aspect of the world of education, even religion, and allowing her to pursue those subjects that interest her most. This will feed her curiosity and allow her to become her own person in the long run. Pushing her toward Atheist thinking is as dangerous as pushing her toward religious thinking, if the goal is to allow her to choose her own path and ideas, and truly become an individual thinker. If her religious upbringing by her mom is more restrictive, and you create an open environment that is truly open to all possibilities, she will be a great leader.

But it starts with you, the parent. If all you are doing is teaching her things in direct opposition to the mom, then this is petty and not in your daughter's best interest, nor will it draw her toward your way of thinking, it will repel it. If your goal is to have her think like you do, then, again, you are not really raising a "free thinker" are you? So start with your own education, your own style and teaching philosophy. Here are some great books to give different and honest perspectives. Do what works for you.

• How Children Learn - Holt
  
• How Children Faill - Holt
  
• The Unschooling Unmanual
  
• Dumbing us Down - Gatto
  
• Thomas Jefferson Education (This one is a method of instruction, and though he encourages use of the Bible as classic literature, he aslo emphasizes that, if the Bible isn't your cup of tea, there's plenty out there that will be)
  
  Enjoy the journey!
  
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> Where do you get the idea that employing a Peace Corp Volunteer takes a job away from a Host Country National?

I just thought it'd be better to educate English teachers, since then you'd be helping out adults that can then continue your work once you're gone. 1 PC teaching 30 teachers means that those 30 teachers can then go teach 900 students, instead of 1 PC just teaching 30 students. But if their isn't anyone around to become teachers, then it looks like MZ does have a problem.

> Besides, with both sides forcing adults into employment, there was no one left to teach.

What about teaching MZ students about /r/unschool? Here are some books that I highly recommend: What Smart Students Know , Study Smarter Not Harder , The Unschooling Handbook , The Unschooling Unmanual , and Unschooling Rules.

> I'll spare you the statistics, but feel free to do some research into literacy and overall education in MOZ.

Yup, you're right.

I usually question everything, especially with regards to activities that our Government engages in here and abroad, since I just don't trust the bastards. But it sure does sound like Mozambique needs more help than I thought, initially, and I'm glad you and lenaurora are going to do it in whatever way you can. I'll delete my previous negative comments, don't want those sticking around.

Cheers and good luck mates! Make sure you update Reddit so we know if there's any other ways in which we can help.