Questioning College?
Skipping or dropping out of college is a huge decision. Even temporarily bypassing higher education is a choice that must be made consciously and intentionally. The thing is, there aren't very many guidance counselors that tell you not to go to college, or advisors to tell...
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Kayleigh from the United Kingdom shares her story
Growing up in the United Kingdom and home educated all her life up until the age of 16, Kayleigh shares how home education is viewed in the UK and her perspective as an unschooler.
Consequently, my experience was a very unstructured childhood. The only formal... READ MORE »
Dream-Catching Formula 2.0
You've heard it a million times: "You're not sure about college, huh? Well, you'd better figure it out soon or you'll be working at McDonald's for the rest of your life." (This is invariably how well-meaning people quickly get categorized as small-minded imbeciles, alas.) But...
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The Future of Unschooling according to Jeff Landale
Ostensibly grown unschooler Jeff Landale is writing an undergraduate thesis on Unschooling and its role in emancipatory struggles, but in reality he spends his time thinking about Indian food. Jeff is an elementary school drop out currently studying Politics and Classics at Simon’s Rock College...
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How To Find Your Calling
Spoiler alert: it’s love. Humanity is a machine, and we humans are the moving parts. It’s a system made up of micro-systems that are made up of their own micro-systems, and so on. Just like a car is made up of things like an engine,...
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DIY College Course
The ability to customize your learning experience is both liberating and intimidating. One way to do this is to design your own college course or "Unit Study." When it comes down to buckling down and learning something specific, conceiving a well-rounded course of study is...
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Grown Unschooler Needs Help with Research Study
Attention autodidacts: Erin Katherine Johnson, a lifelong learner herself, is a graduate student at Goddard College in Vermont getting her MA in Education-Individualized Studies. And she needs your help with her thesis project!
For my graduate thesis project I desire to collect personal stories about... READ MORE »
“I would not have gone to college.”
Over the past couple of years, I have befriended an interesting fellow named Brian Fritz. We met at a local contra dance and get together every so often to reflect on life and the universe. Brian is 31 and has always struck me as a...
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Ten grown homeschoolers candidly explore the lasting influence of home education.
