Iya and Drew are considering homeschooling and traveling as learning avenues for their kids

In Slater Young and Kryz Uy's podcast, Iya Villania and Drew Arellano talked about why they are considering homeschooling and traveling as learning avenues for their children.

Despite the hardships that homeschooling has brought about many parents amid lockdown, the Kapuso couple said they were actually "looking into homeschooling the kids."

While he has nothing against the current school system and in fact has great memories from the schools he came from, Drew thinks "most schools are not personalized" and is "one size fits all."

"If you fail in one [subject], 'ay you’re not that smart' but that shouldn’t be the case eh. That’s the standard of society," he said.

According to Drew, he feels he wasted a lot of time trying to learn things he wasn't really interested in.

"Of course, I learned so many things, great memories with fellow classmates and whatnot but I feel you don’t need to isolate yourself in school to learn," he said.

"Feeling ko, I wasted so much time learning something I’m not interested in so I kinda wasted a lot of time and I wasted my folks money because of that," he added.

The couple said that "learning is every day" and with the advent of Google and YouTube university, parents can now teach their own children.

Drew said he is happy that he has been doing his travel show for 16 years, "because meeting so many people from different backgrounds, for me that’s knowledge."

Iya agreed and said, "this is why I want my kids to travel and learn with Drew because it’s the best way you can learn."

Drew shared he's had a lot of eye-opening conversations with different people while travelling. One particular conversation with a public school teacher-turned-farmer stuck with him.

"This kid, probably not a kid anymore cause he’s 20 years old, came up to him [farmer] and said 'sir you still remember me? I'm from your class,'" he narrated, saying the kid is now a tattoo artist. 

The farmer remembered how the kid failed in his all of his classes. "He remembered how that kid kept drawing and drawing, so naisip niya 'what if he just honed that in school and actually pushed for the arts? Maybe he could've been even better,'" Drew said.

"That’s a great example of what society dictates, you gotta follow all the sheets because you need a great education to land a job, or you need a diploma to land a job," he added.

Drew said parents "can focus on something that really interests the child."

Drew said their "main goal is for the kids to learn as soon as possible what makes them happy, hindi na yung tipong I'm gonna work my ass off para 50 years old I can retire."

"That shouldn’t be the case. If you love what you're doing, maybe you don't need to retire," he put forward.

"If you love what you're doing maybe you’re successful with that na. Your success will have ample time with other facets in your life: family, your hobbies, hindi lang yung parang money money… you’re having fun."

Iya said Primo, who is turning five years old this year, is not yet in school.

The "Chika Minute" host said she has "more mixed emotions about it. I know it’s [homeschooling is] something I want for my kids but I don’t know if I can commit."

Iya said sometimes she is not sure if she "can commit to being that parent that can sit down 'cause there are different types of homeschooling."

"I still have to look into what kind of homeschooling to be doing because it’s hard with the kids, you’ll also come across kids where regular school setups might be effective for them," she added.

"Drew and I respect that if Primo one day decides to 'Mama, I want to go to [regular] school,'" Iya said.

"Basta what we want to achieve is we want our children to want to learn whatever it is that they want to learn. We want them to want to learn," Drew said.

Iya and Drew tied the knot in 2014. They have three children: Primo, Leon and Baby Alana who they just welcomed in the world last July. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News