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Originally Posted by fireshifter
Leslie, I'm coming back to this because I hope I didn't offend you and want to further clarify.
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Jen, I'm an INTJ: it's pretty difficult to offend me.
But I am a stickler for accuracy, and if my definition of unschooling is incorrect, of course, I'd want to fix that on the website.
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Originally Posted by fireshifter
I'm not a believer in a pure radical unschooling model because I do feel that children need some sort of established structure, something that helps them bend to a direction they would not naturally travel without guidance.
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I know what you mean - that's why I could never be a pure radical unschooler. I'm too undisciplined. Yet there are aspects of it that I still use.
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Originally Posted by fireshifter
Maybe a better term for what I do is "eclectic" if it has to be labeled.
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I think the label is probably the problem. Most people seem to be an eclectic combination of two different approaches. That can present a problem when trying to explain to someone the differences between CM and other approaches - there's so much overlap in the way people actually homeschool in their own home. One of AO's goals is to sort out the differences in pure definitions, more for the sake of clarification than to tell people how they should homeschool.