The freedom of Self Guided Education (SGEd) is not part of the unschooling movement, which is driven by reactive opposition to formal schooling. True freedom is not controlled by reactions of disgust, fear, or hate. Paradoxically, true freedom grows from love of being a slave to righteousness (Romans 6:19)
The freedom of SGEd is not part of the “child centered education” movement, which preaches a false doctrine of the innate goodness of children and the utmost importance of self-esteem. This results in schools that believe students are the best guides of for their future, e.g., https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/no-textbooks-no-grade-levels-optional-homework-students-thrive-self-guided-education/530-99198ee8-33ef-4497-8546-c809bae2c643 . Paradoxically, true freedom comes from acknowledging that the individual “heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
Pursuing knowledge for the sake of knowledge, does not lead to freedom. In fact, it can lead to confusion (Genesis 11), foolishness (Romans 1:22), and destruction (as the German Nazis were among the most educated peoples in Europe). While freedom for SGEd is widely promoted (https://blog.taxact.com/the-importance-of-self-education/) in the quest of being a life long learner, learning alone is futility. “Ever learning and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim 3:7).
It is true that, “knowledge is power”. And if, “absolute power corrupts absolutely”, then increasing knowledge could increase corruption. Certainly, knowledge can be acquired unethically, and put to corrupt use, such as the USSR KGB political purges that killed up to 60 million, China’s cultural revolution that killed up to 20 million, and experiments done by Nazi medical doctors. SGEd cannot be driven by an unfettered quest for knowledge.
SGEd is free from the dictates of public education dogmas. The religion of secular humanism holds up Darwin and Dewey as priests to impressionable children, and claims to be child centered, yet supports killing of over 50 million babies aborted since Roe vs Wade. The counselors claim they allow the pregnant teen be “Self Guided” in making a decision without informing parents. Growing up under such dogmas and political agendas is not SGEd.