tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post6026487419471329722..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: Public School Perhaps for Thee, but Certainly Not for MeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-8335868566718411172013-10-02T09:00:40.358-04:002013-10-02T09:00:40.358-04:00I was in Catholic school until 10th grade, then in...I was in Catholic school until 10th grade, then in public school. I had a first-rate education and was always a good student, but once in high school, I just stopped being interested in school. My interest in learning has never gone away, but after awhile, school just wasn't serving my curiosity or ability.<br /><br />I wandered the woods, learned to paddle a canoe and build fires in the rain and bake bread and cook gourmet food. I read widely of philosophy, classic fiction, sci-fi and fantasy, history - and I had no one with whom to discuss the interesting things I was learning. None of my peers cared and the adults in my life were too busy to care or help me figure out if/where I was going wrong with a point or line of reasoning.<br /><br />Ah, well. Public schooling does exactly as you describe: makes one a cog in the machine rather than a naturally developed individual. Some people seem to think that if you shun technology you are essentially saying you want to live in a tipi and suffer disease and privation. There is a fear that if control of others is relinquished, we'll have utter chaos and destruction.<br /><br />Even iron fists have cracks, and the tighter they squeeze, the more people will slip through their fingers. Of course, we can hasten that by finding the cracks and leaving through them before the squeeze. Getting back to nature in a very literal sense is a start, getting out of public schools is a great step towards liberation.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02887726976835609577noreply@blogger.com