Comments on: A Quick Youth Relevance Poll: School, Church, and "Unschooled" Youths http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/20/a-quick-youth-relevance-poll-school-church-and-unschooled-youths/ More education. Less schooliness. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Clay Burell http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/20/a-quick-youth-relevance-poll-school-church-and-unschooled-youths/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Clay Burell Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:50:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=291#comment-335 Gosh, what an interesting comment, Diane....Church doesn't give grades (though I have to wonder about the fact that, like schools, they're institutions parents force the young to go to - and it does offer eternal salvation, which is more compelling than a grade for "future success"), yet it gets more motivation for projects.<br/><br/>Thanks for your input. Let's see what others think.... Gosh, what an interesting comment, Diane….Church doesn’t give grades (though I have to wonder about the fact that, like schools, they’re institutions parents force the young to go to - and it does offer eternal salvation, which is more compelling than a grade for “future success”), yet it gets more motivation for projects.

Thanks for your input. Let’s see what others think….

]]> By: diane http://beyond-school.org/2007/07/20/a-quick-youth-relevance-poll-school-church-and-unschooled-youths/comment-page-1/#comment-334 diane Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:45:00 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=291#comment-334 Clay, Motivation is the key here. Students in a church group seem to me to be more personally committed to the projects they adopt. It's certainly a mixed bag in a public school - some kids commit, many don't. Homeschoolers have dedicated parents, but I wonder how many of the young adults choose to be out of the social circuit - some, but not all, I'd guess. How do we encourage and nourish a sense of civic responsibility? Clay, Motivation is the key here. Students in a church group seem to me to be more personally committed to the projects they adopt. It’s certainly a mixed bag in a public school - some kids commit, many don’t. Homeschoolers have dedicated parents, but I wonder how many of the young adults choose to be out of the social circuit - some, but not all, I’d guess. How do we encourage and nourish a sense of civic responsibility?

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