Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling Quotes

“Trust the Children: A Manual and Activity Guide for Homeschooling and Alternative Learning by Anna Kealoha.”
― Sandra Dodd, Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling

“Lots of people make this point, but I never see the negation as negative in a value-judgment sense when I use the word—to me unschooling is as positive as unchaining, unbinding, unleashing, unfolding, unfurling, unlimiting.... All mean freedom and growth and vast possibilities to me.” — Zann Carter”
― Sandra Dodd, Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling

“When grades are overlaid on that, at least a third of them are predestined to fail, because there can be no value in an A or a B without some counterbalancing D and F. And all those kids in the middle, branded "average"? They will go to school for years to get a paper that says "Here. You're average.”
― Sandra Dodd, Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling

“I want to press her to decide it's "NONE," because "some" is damaging to the child's potential to learn it joyfully and discover it on his own. And "lots" will just hurt that much more. "None" can still be turned to "some" if the parent can't get unschooling. But if she doesn't even try unschooling, she misses forever the opportunity to see that child learn to read gradually and naturally. It will be gone forever. Forever.”
― Sandra Dodd, Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling