They Took Note that They Had Been With Jesus

I found this passage from the bible on another site.

The next day the rulers, elders and teachers of the law met... When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. Acts 4: 5-14 NIV

Peter and John were fishermen and uneducated in the sense that they had no formal training in religion or other philosophies or sciences of that time. But they had been with our Lord. He had prenticed them with his walk and by his stories. Even in Jesus' time there were no schools as they are here in modern times. Egyptians had a form of schooling for boys in the upper class, and the Jewish boys also had a type of Hebrew school as they do today for those who might become Rabbis. I guess you could call it more of a Rabbinical school than a Hebrew school since the kids would have already spoken Hebrew.

Learned, educated people have not always come from a traditional schooling background. Today there is more to learn than ever. It's almost like children who are interested in science need more science than anything else to keep up with current world standards. Which is why I think unschooling may be the ticket. A child who's bent is in art can build their skills from the earliest age through their own desire and have as many years as they desire to practice their skills and turn it towards a rewarding future of their choosing. Other subjects while necessary in some applications can take second chair and support what the child learns in the area of greatest interest.

I talked a bit with the pastor of our church plant. I told him I'd gone looking for scripture references that would speak to whether or not unschooling was a biblical option and that I'd found two instances where people used scripture out of context to support their view points. He reminded me that the bible is not a guidebook, a parenting book or a magic 8 ball. He told me the bible is a narrative. It tells us the story of how God related to people in their own time within the realms of their cultural norms. Like the fact that child sacrifices were once a normal part of a society. He reminded me that Jesus taught his disciples and other followers in different ways. Sometimes His lessons were purposeful, and sometimes He was aware enough of his surrounding and/or a certain situation that He could use it to relate to people about God and Himself in an impromptu fashion. Thanks for the insight James.