Week of the Idzie Day 8

#20: Against the Grain

By Peter Kowalke, 12/27/2011, 5:47 am

Idzie Desmarais talks about the struggles she faces as an unschooler always going against the grain.

This is part eight of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here…

Today Idzie Desmarais, a 20-year-old grown unschooler from Montreal, reads the complete Week of the Idzie series. The series tackles Idzie’s unschooling identity and its lasting social effects.

You can subscribe to the Unschooler Experiment Podcast on iTunes or get the podcast feed directly here. You also can hear it by using the gray audio player below.

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Topics: Career, College, Community, Identity, Individualism, Lasting Influence, Podcasts, Postmaterialism, Questioning, Self-direction, Social Life, Socialization, Work
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Peter Kowalke
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Peter is an editor, producer and lifelong unschooler based in New York City. Facebook Peter.

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