Unschooler's hold that even more advanced forms of academic learning can take place through similar means of natural experiences, such as learning percentages and fractions when grouping together with friends to make a purchase, identifying with natural elements while spending time outside observing animals, or even learning historical facts through reading for the sole purpose of enjoyment. These natural processes of learning are an innate characteristic of human beings that have been around for eons. This presents a fundamental problem with today's traditional schooling system. Rather than allow children to learn naturally by means of their own incentives, strict curriculum's and examination procedures take the emphasis away from learning and inspiration, and place more importance on organization and achievement. The process becomes quite different when students are forced to learn through processes that stifle their creativity and love of learning by inducing unnecessary stress into the equation. Not so surprisingly, many unschooling parents have found that their children often excel in topics many traditional schooled children might struggle with, not necessarily because of their natural aptitude for the subject, but because of the natural manner in which the topic was presented to the child. Unschoolers are finding that when a child is allowed (and encouraged) to explore a topic when fueled by their own interest and incentives, the learning process occurs in a far more effective manner.
The unschooling method also allows a more in-depth exploration into various academic subjects, thus allowing students the opportunity to discover interests they might only skim over in a traditional school setting. In can be argued that many potential scientists have never been granted the opportunity to discover their love of science because they never had a chance to explore it thoroughly according to their own interests.
