A young man wants a computer. To buy him a computer is not in the family budget. But there is money for his homeschooling needs. You have two choices. Buy the workbooks and unit studies and make him do what he has always done, or try something real.

Put in front of your son the chance to build his own computer instead of the workbooks and unit studies. Make a deal with him. Building his own computer…

Part of the disconnect in modern education is this incredible belief that a child who is actively engaged in doing interesting things cannot be "getting an education." At the same time, people think that a child sitting at a desk, answering questions out of a text book, on topics that have no present relationship to the child's life or needs, is being educated.

Do not be fooled by this self-serving…