Essays

Essays

Thoughtful Essays and Musing which I consider worthy of the time to read, reflect and perhaps comments.

Building Genuine Learners - Beyond Institutional Dependency

How to develop children who can think independently, learn continuously, and direct their own intellectual development without institutional management

Mathematics Without Fear - Teaching Real Understanding at Home

Why institutional math education fails systematically and how homeschoolers can teach genuine mathematical thinking instead of procedural busywork

Teaching Science Without a Laboratory - Building Real Scientific Thinking at Home

How to develop genuine scientific thinking and understanding without expensive equipment, formal laboratories, or institutional infrastructure

The Indoctrination Machine - What Schools Really Teach

Government schools exist to produce compliant citizens, not independent thinkers - an unflinching analysis of institutional social engineering

The Socialisation Myth - Why Institutional Schooling Damages Social Development

The definitive analysis of why institutional schooling damages rather than develops genuine social competence, and how homeschooling produces socially superior outcomes