Unschooling article:’Unschoolers’ chart their own course
Unschooling article:’Unschoolers’ chart their own course
By Chris Kenning
ckenning@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Excerpt:
Mandy Ridiman is 17 years old, but she’s never been in a classroom, taken a test or followed a school schedule.
When it comes to Mandy’s education, her curiosity dictates what she learns. Take, for example, the time she got interested in mummies after seeing one on TV.
Soon she was soaking up the science of mummification, the history of ancient Egypt, comparative religions, hieroglyphics, how rivers flood and mathematical riddles of the pyramids — until she decided to move on.
“I was just amazed at so many things,” she said.
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