Good points. Bauer scares the crap out of me, always has, with the emphasis on quantity of learning. I’m pretty bright and she makes me feel dumb. I was a good homeschooling mom for 20 years and she makes me feel wholly inadequate. As do most families on her forum. She probably was the driving force to get me half on the unschooling track! I applaud what she has done for homeschooling. I had some private school classical education and I’m grateful, so I get all the jokes on Frasier, but seriously: you can go overboard.
And I do tell my sons that college, sometimes, is just the broomstick of the wicked witch of the west. It’s all about getting that sheepskin, not necessarily what you pick up there.
I would be interested in reading Bauer’s book if I had more time.
I sat in on one of Bauer’s workshops - I think it was teaching Greek and Latin in 3rd grade. She had a program that would have brought me to my knees, let alone my homeschooler. More power to her. We un-schooled too. I finally decided that if I could teach our son to think for himself, I would consider that success. He does, I do. He got near 800s on his SATs and has a great computer science job in NYC and a family of 3 homeschooling kids.