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relates that traditional public schools neither meet the needs nor do they adequately prepare students for life in the twenty first century; furthermore, he offers some interesting solutions to the problem such as home schooling, the unschooling of adults, and the end of high school.
The author says that in his opinion home-schooling is one of many creative ways to deal with the ailing current educational system; furthermore, it is his belief that home-schooling makes it easier for children to pursue their own interest in their own way. It is becoming increasingly popular as more and more parents become dissatisfied with the present system of education in this country. Because homeschooling makes it easier for children to learn at their own speed, Pink considers it to be a my size fits me approach to education (91). Daniel Pink presents relevant news articles that confirm home-schooling to be a step in the right direction; in fact, his opinion of home-schooling is accurate ...

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design in those early years (96). Yet hundreds of thousands of people managed to learn by teaching themselves, trying new things, and making mistakes. The author also reminds his reader of the fact that until the first part of the twentieth century most Americans learned on their own by reading. He goes on further to correctly pronounce that adults who were homeschooled as youths will know how to learn and expect to continue the habit throughout their lives (96). Considering the current state of traditional education, transformation of some kind is much needed, and adults’ continuing to teach themselves is a reasonable and logical conclusion. The author listed several relevant examples in ...

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