To learn another language, one is better off living and working a few months in a country where the language is spoken, than to spend years on courses and examinations. To learn to play an instrument, start playing! To develop a new skill, start doing it! Being active with something works better than to merely attend seminars, to read about it, do tests, etc. Doing it is a better way to learn. School teaches children to parrot phrases without the understanding that follows when you are really interested in something and want to learn more about it. At school, subject matter is artificial, exercises are fabricated, wrapped in discipline and lacking the incentives, pleasure and satisfaction of getting something to work in real life. Integrated Learning sees school as an effort to artificially separate education from leisure, work, travel, housekeeping and other daily-life activities. While Integrated Learning encourages children to participate more fully in society, it does recognise the importance of guidence by parents, in fact it encourages all family members to take more interest in each other's lives. Integrated Learning as a lifestyle choice can impact on parents as much as on their children. It's great to make the commitment as a family. Integrated learning will touch many aspect of the lives of each member of the family, and as school disappears out of focus, the family as a whole will take interest in issues of true relevance.