Mark said his son's current curriculum does not include English, history, science or foreign languages, as these subjects do not presently interest him.
I have mixed feelings about that paragraph. I'm all for child-led education, and I don't have a problem with taking some time off from a subject. But no English, science or history at all?
That's an awful lot to leave out! And those things are vital if a person is to be an educated and contributing citizen of the world. It seems a bit irresponsible to me, at least on its face.
If he's several years ahead in these subjects, then I have less heartburn about taking a break. That's kind of what we're doing with arithmetic, frankly. He's ahead, he's bored with it, we'll approach math from a different tack. But to just say "He's not interested, so we're not doing three major fields of study at all?"
<wrinkling nose>
Meh. Not so much!
