Title: "School sucks" justified in a well written book.
Review: Grace Llewellyn shows us in logical manner (with the aid of stories and humor) that education is not identical to formal education. In fact, she demonstrates the superiority of the autodidactic experience as opposed to formalized education.But beyond just illustrating the benefits of "unschooling" as she calls it and portraying the pitfalls of formal education, Llewellyn shows how teaching oneself can be done successfully. She also includes persuasive techniques to convince stubborn parents to allow their children the chance to educate themselves. Unfortunately for me, I realized too late that I had an alternative to forced learning. Most of my current learning has been done independently, and I can only speculate as to what I would have accomplished had I spent time actually reading and learning than counting the ceiling tiles in my English class.
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