I admire people who are tireless for a cause. Advocates who spend many years of their lives “agitating” for the things in which they believe are like superheroes when it comes to their boundless energy and dedication.
As one who has ventured into the world of advocacy on behalf of unschooling, I can tell you, it can be exhausting.
It would be so much easier to just say, “Screw it. Let people continue to send their kids to factory style schools. Whatever. I’ll just hang with my kids and forget the rest.” Because as an unschooling parent, my first duty is to my own kids and our family. And that’s a lot and on days like today I think maybe that should be enough. After all, how many times can I be expected to explain what unschooling is, only to be asked, ”Yes, but how many hours a day do you spend doing it?” How many times must I read articles in which homeschoolers are classified as religious fanatics and unschoolers as “dirty hippies” (believe it or not, the beginning of a compliment to homeschoolers)? Wouldn’t it be easier to just turn off, tune out and live my life with my husband & kids?
Well, yes, it would.
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I never really considered myself someone with a calling, to a particular profession or to a life of service; but when I think about not doing what I can to make people aware that unschooling is a viable alternative? Not an option. So I guess maybe for me unschooling advocacy is a ‘calling’ of sorts; one which I am still figuring out. When I look at people like Wendy Priesnitz, Sandra Dodd, Jerry Mintz or Pat Farenga, just to name a few, I am in awe. Sometimes to the point where I wonder if I have anything of value to add.
I hope that I do.
Maybe by unschooling our kids in the city and reaching out, sharing our experience with others, we as a family can do our part to shed light on this thing called life learning to a broader segment of the population. If we are very fortunate, maybe we can be a small part of speeding up the learning revolution.
As a parent who has just started unschooling and who hasn’t yet become immersed in my local homeschooling community, I love that you write almost daily about things that keep reminding me why we are trying this. Otherwise I might fall down to the weird looks we get from acquaintances, strangers and even my family. Oh, people only SAY nice things, but they get a frozen expression that tells me they’re a bit freaked out. So right now I am grateful to read your confidence and advocacy for unschooling. Just a note to say that you do add value. Thanks.