July/August, 1998

“I have read many books about homeschooling, unschooling, the perils of early academic education and how children are hurried and forced to grow up too soon while being deprived of knowing and savoring the richness and specialness of childhood, how stressed out today’s kids are, Howard Gardner’s theory of the seven intelligences humans possess and the different learning styles that result from these intelligences, how Learning Disabled classes are mushrooming in our schools because so many children simply aren’t ready – and/or their learning styles do not conform with the style of learning that school curriculums are geared towards.

“I have read and read until I am almost sick of reading, and I recently reached a point where it was time to thank the information, thank the dedicated authors and researchers, and just be still with it all. Because the bottom line, after all the information is ingested and sorted through, is who my child is – he knows more than anyone else who he needs to be.”

An excerpt from Susanna Wesley’s article, Homeschooling Re-Affirmation, in the July-August 1998 issue of Home Education Magazine

Tags: early academic education, Home Education Magazine, homeschooling, Homeschooling Re-Affirmation, Howard Gardner, Learning Disabled, learning styles, seven intelligences, Susanna Wesley, unschooling

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