The premise of Unschooling Rules is that education should be
centered around the student, not the providing institution.
Curricula should be around what children need and love, not what
schools are able to teach. Education "reforms" that ignore these
facts will fail. Specifically, the sole purpose of education is
to enable every person to: - Discover what skills he or she can
do better than anyone else. (And master some need-to-have
basics.) - Discover what their deepest passions and beliefs are,
including how to best serve. - Engage in projects to test,
expand, and refine these skills. - Create a sustaining career
that aligns skills, projects, and passions. "Learning to Be" is
essential for both understanding each person's unique skills,
and also understanding one's passions and mission. Some
"Learning to Be" questions are: - About what are you passionate?
How can the world be made a better place? - What are your
strengths? Where is your talent? - What is your story? How would
someone describe you? - What ma