Sandy Lubert on Unschooling
I think that what all of these analogies demonstrate is the importance, as we move toward unschooling, of letting go. Letting go of what we think we know, letting go of what we think we need, what we think our children need. Mainstream society has done a really good job of telling us what we need in order to be happy, successful, fulfilled. And you would think that since most of us in this room are clearly such smart and insightful people, we as parents would understand that it’s all a pile of…baloney…but in reality, it is really difficult to let go of these notions. It’s hard to empty your cup. It’s hard to let go of tools and measuring tapes we’ve carried around forever. And when you’re swinging comfortably on one bar, it can be very frightening…to “let go.”
