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Originally Posted by PVince81  The results that were observed were that during the childhood the children tend to only want to play. Only once they played enough, usually in the teen age, they will start to get bored and want to learn something, and choose to go to class by themselves. |
But what you're saying here is that learning only happens in a classroom, which is far from true! Learning happens during play - you can't keep learning from happening! The way schools would have you believe learning happens - all at once, from some outside source - is not how it happens at all! I've seen it in my own boys - they pick up bits & pieces of things, here and there, without even knowing they're picking it up. If something sparks them, they'll find out more about it - consciously or subconsciously; they might just pay more attention when this thing, whatever it is, is around them. They wouldn't be able to tell you that's what they were learning about, it happens so organically. Living is learning.
I am 43, and my kids and other unschooling families have taught me to play again! Play is what it's about - the teens we know still play, still live their lives with joy. Some find joy in going to classes, others find it in other ways. I don't think there's any such thing as "playing enough".