I get what you're saying, but I don't think it is quite right. Unschooling is a form of homeschooling, so Homeschooling isn't necessarily unschooling, but unschooling is homeschooling.
I might have had a misconception about it then. I thought it was strictly an education methodology that hypothetically could be done by a private un-school or even a government un-school.
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I think we are getting off topic. I said that public schools are better than no education. Unschool is a type of education, as homeschooling is another type.
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In that case, I'd say that there's no such thing as no education. We're pattern seeking animals and learning is involuntary.
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What I mean is in a general sense of schooling. Of course people are able to learn and manage life through their experiences.
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If unschooling counts as education, then there's no meaningful line between education and not education.
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Unschooling is not uneducated. I think the original comparison should have been uneducated vs. public School educated.
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If unschooling is learning from unstructured experiences, what could be a better counterfactual for assessing the value added by government schools?
It's not like I'm asserting that government school isn't better than being locked in a basement.
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Government schools give you a foundation of education to build your life on. It isnt perfect in any way, but if you are ambitious enough, you can build up from there. I never thought my schooling was like being locked in a basement in any way...
Yes, this seems more right. In the USA, I think 99% of people have some kind of education.
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Unschooling is a type of natural education. There is a meaningful line between education and no education.
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