“ For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers because we have no idea what else to do with them. Anthony M. Esolen
“ There is nothing to be gained by pretending that academic involvement is necessary, or even always desirable, in the quest for truth and knowledge. Christopher Langan
“ School is about learning to wait your turn, however long it takes to come, if ever. And how to submit with a show of enthusiasm to the judgment of strangers, even if they are wrong, even if your enthu… John Taylor Gatto
“ Cause and effect is the basis of my education, leading me to an essence far more profound than any rule of societal conditioning. Ka Chinery
“ Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius. William Blake
“ The simplest description is that Unschooling means a way of bringing up children using free play and child-directed activity to develop the child's own individual talents and creativity by supportivel… Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
“ Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her dear dog a bone.Though the cupboard was bare,When she focused elsewhereHer heart overflowed with fun! Kristen McKee
“ Rock-a-bye Baby In the tree topWhen the wind blows The cradle will rock.When the bough breaksThe cradle will fallAnd Mama will catch you Cradle and all! Kristen McKee
“ The philosophy of project-based homeschooling — this particular approach to helping children become strong thinkers, learners, and doers — is dependent upon the interest and the enthusiastic participa… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ Children, even when very young, have the capacity for inventive thought and decisive action. They have worthwhile ideas. They make perceptive connections. They’re individuals from the start: a unique… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ Many of the world’s greatest geniuses all had in common that they were pulled from the school environment. They were freed to discover the undiscovered. They had the imagination to ‘see’ a different w… Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
“ The primary difference I see is that unschooling is an invitation to awaken and ennoble capabilities that exist within the child. Where traditional schooling is to fill the child with facts that we, a… Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
“ Break the teacher certification monopoly so anyone with something valuable to teach can teach it. Nothing is more important than this. Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
“ Children learn from anything and everything they see. They learn wherever they are, not just in special learning places. John Holt
“ There was a little girlWho had a little curlRight in the middle of her forehead.When she was good, she was very, very good.And when she was “bad”,Her Papa loved her anyway. Kristen McKee
“ Allowing children to learn about what interests them is good, but helping them do it in a meaningful, rigorous way is better. Freedom and choice are good, but a life steeped in thinking, learning, and… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ To learn how to do, we need something real to focus on — not a task assigned by someone else, but something we want to create, something we want to understand. Not an empty exercise but a meaningful,… Lori McWilliam Pickert
“ I simply stepped out of the way and maintained my courage and my position in the face of constant disagreement, voiced opinion and attack. I held true and I stood my ground. I maintained my conviction… Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
