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Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning
by Connor Boyack, John Taylor Gatto
We've been homeschooling for a year now (COVID plus dissatisfaction with our local district) and I really like the idea of letting my children's interests lead some of the things we study. Given the right environment, I wholeheartedly agree with most of the positives in this book, that kids will naturally gravitate and thrive in subjects and studies that they're interested in.
But you know when it's election time and you see all those political ads talking about how the other guy is so terrible and will do nothing but ruin things if elected? I would much rather hear about the actual candidate, their platform, and what their plans are to improve things for the community and people in whatever area they're in. I felt that while reading this book. A good majority was talking about the DANGERS of public schooling and it was very off-putting.
"Schools have become like bacteria-ridden petri dish, waiting to corrupt any pure specimen placed inside."
Many families don't have the luxury of being able to have one parent stay at home to facilitate a child's education. Housing prices and the cost of living keep going up while wages aren't increasing at the same rate. So this book felt very preachy, essentially saying, "you need to figure out how to do this or your kids are going to be ruined." But lots of people just can't swing it financially.
Overall, I guess I might recommend this book for someone considering homeschooling so they can think about other approaches. But as a "survivor" of the public school system, it was eye roll inducing and extreme.
But you know when it's election time and you see all those political ads talking about how the other guy is so terrible and will do nothing but ruin things if elected? I would much rather hear about the actual candidate, their platform, and what their plans are to improve things for the community and people in whatever area they're in. I felt that while reading this book. A good majority was talking about the DANGERS of public schooling and it was very off-putting.
"Schools have become like bacteria-ridden petri dish, waiting to corrupt any pure specimen placed inside."
Many families don't have the luxury of being able to have one parent stay at home to facilitate a child's education. Housing prices and the cost of living keep going up while wages aren't increasing at the same rate. So this book felt very preachy, essentially saying, "you need to figure out how to do this or your kids are going to be ruined." But lots of people just can't swing it financially.
Overall, I guess I might recommend this book for someone considering homeschooling so they can think about other approaches. But as a "survivor" of the public school system, it was eye roll inducing and extreme.