#5 Unschooling – Big Question?

Categories: Unschooling, Léo’s Insights 2025-2026

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Hopefully by now, you have come to the conclusion that the reason we end up believing what we do is that we don’t question or test what we have come to believe or why we believe it is true. We just act in accordance with the way we were raised and the things we have been taught and have experienced. While we individually have the capacity to think independently, we usually unquestioningly continue with the established narrative and status quo we have come to, even if we don’t understand how or why.

While we all desire the easiest path to accomplishments, there is an assumption of saving time and/or energy by simply going with the flow. We should actually consider the inherent danger of taking this path of least resistance, knowing that things can only flow downhill. We inadvertently and unquestioningly end up as part of the problem until we stop and ask ourselves where we are going and why. This is the first and most important question we can ask regarding anything and it should come at the beginning of any unschooling journey, although most people will learn along the way.

Now, let me ask you a few more questions to challenge you in your thinking.

  • What did parents do before the advent of public education?
  • If a child cannot fit the school mold, is it fair to deem them as learning deficient?
  • Can a learning challenge be fixed or should it be accommodated?
  • If every child is unique, is it healthy to compare or grade them?
  • Should children be made to fit a standardized program or should the program fit the child?
  • Is there only one way to transition to the post-secondary arena?
  • Have you ever been asked to produce your diploma or transcript when applying for a job?
  • What does it mean to be accredited? Is it necessary to have man accredit what God has created?

There are certainly many more questions that need to be asked and answered, but by now I am sure you are getting the message. School is designed to have you think in a certain way in order to participate in man’s world. Desiring to be and to raise independent critical thinkers is to serve notice that you will not be told what to do or allow yourself or your children to be indoctrinated. This is what unschooling is. Not a removal from school, but an escape from school secular ideology and a return to faith in God, with a focus on the family and the freedom unschooling brings.

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