The Learn Drive

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a lot of school closures. Although they are classed as temporary closures, if they last many months they may lead to big cultural transitions.

When I was in school, I spent a couple of years abroad and completed school during that time through mail correspondence. The situation gave me a strong taste of unschooling because I found it easy to avoid doing any schoolwork for weeks. In my case I got lots and lots of freedom, without any adverse consequences to my learning. When I eventually returned to regular schooling after a few years I found it dead easy and graduated with very high marks.

Over the next few months, very many children will have similar experiences, and so it may be fruitful to discuss any observations we have of children going through this transition. No doubt there will be many confounding factors, but they could enrich the discussion too.

Wishing good health to everyone!