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We continue our critical discussion of education versus schooling in my composition course. The latest conversation has centered around three texts: John Gatto’s “Against School” and “The Seven Lesson School Teacher,” and Alfie Kohn’s “What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?” Of the three, Gatto’s pieces are most provocative–or at least I thought they [...]

Henry David Thoreau wrote, “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day,” and so we have done more than take him at his word; we have taken ourselves to the forest to spend some time amongst the trees–at least on Fridays. They call it “Fridays in the Forest,” a class specifically for homeschoolers [...]

We’ve suspected that Aidan can read for some time now. We read to him for literally hours each day, but he has until very recently resisted doing much reading aloud to us. (Even though, we believe he has been secretly able to read for a long time now.) Today, however, he decided that he’d like [...]