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Week of the Idzie Day 7

Not Willing to Settle

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/26/2011, 2:41 am

This is part seven of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... Lest it seem from this series of articles that I'm dissatisfied with my education and the way I grew up, I want to make it clear that...

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Week of the Idzie Day 6

Dealing with the Here and Now

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/25/2011, 3:35 am

This is part six of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... While my goals, such as they are, are clear in at least a fairly big picture way, I don’t know the details in how I’ll achieve them,...

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Week of the Idzie Day 5

Expectations of Greatness

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/24/2011, 5:28 am

This is part five of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... The dominant culture exerts plenty of pressure all right. But there’s another, different, subtler pressure from an entirely different quarter. To be a grown unschooler is to...

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Week of the Idzie Day 4

Hello Mother Culture

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/23/2011, 4:20 am

This is part four of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... While having supportive community can help to alleviate it, the pressure to be doing things a certain way, the Right Way, is still an ever-present demand of...

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Week of the Idzie Day 3

Finding Community

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/22/2011, 4:12 am

This is part three of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... I started getting enthusiastic about the idea of unschooling when I was 16 or 17, and I actually met other unschoolers in real life for the first...

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Week of the Idzie Day 2

Normalcy is for Squares

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/21/2011, 5:55 am

This is part two of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... My sister and I spend a lot of time together. We enjoy having really great discussions, sharing observations, jokes, and just generally being best friends. And a...

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Week of the Idzie

Against the Grain

By Idzie Desmarais, 12/20/2011, 10:52 am

This is part one of an eight-part series. Read the other parts here... When I was six, I went to a street fair with my mother. My little sister was probably there, too. There were booths, from different companies and...

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