an unschooling manifesto

how one family found the freedom to live their dreams

De: Marla Taviano

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A "normal" American family decides that normal just isn't cutting it anymore. They start doing crazy things like visiting 52 zoos in 52 weeks, taking a 5-week trip to Cambodia, quitting school, and going down this crazy path called unschooling. They decided to take the road less traveled, and it has made all the difference.

It's okay.

I will start by saying what she has to say about unschooling is decent. I would recommend many books before this one, but I don't it's a bad resource for unschoolers. I actually really liked a few of the things she said. However, the writing is childish, self-centered, and unprofessional. She basically insulted homeschoolers right at the beginning of the book, used a quote from Albert Einstein that is known to be unverified, frequently used informal sentence fragments like, "Seriously?", and used the term "apprentice" as a synonym for student or learner. An apprentice is not just someone who is learning or practicing or doing something, but it is someone who is training underneath someone else who is more skilled for reduced wages. Her children are not apprentices in 15 things... These kind of things over and over throughout the book scream self-published pet-project. Now, if you like the style of writing that reads like a personal blog, this book might be for you, so don't knock it until you try it, it's a short read anyways.