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He’s also written a book on this topic called Free to Learn.
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Assata Shakur (via ethiopienne)
great quote.
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Our government considers this woman a terrorist.
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Posted this on my Facebook blog page:
In a perhaps misguided attempt to alleviate some of the guilt I feel for not responding to the *dozens* of emails and Facebook messages I’ve received over the past year, I’m opening my Tumblr ask box (since that seems the easiest way to work things) to questions about unschooling tonight. If you’re curious about something, ask away and I will provide a short response!
Don’t know if anyone will take me up on it, but since I felt like I was up for that tonight, figured I’d let people know. *Shrugs*
— William Upski Wimsatt (via radicalginger)
Oh, I love when the angry-about-unschooling people periodically post stupid comments on my blog/blog FB page/youtube videos, just showing their stupidity.
I was just told “If you don’t [respond by email] then you simply agree that I’m right and you wasted your life away :D”
Um, yeah, you totally just convinced me with your sparklingly original points that I have heard about a thousand times before, I’m not going to respond because now I know I’ve just “wasted my life away” and don;t want to admit it to you, angry internet person.
Or, you know, it could just be because why the fuck would I waste my time responding to nasty people saying ignorant and unoriginal things and demanding I *email them* to “debate”?
Sheesh, people.
I keep finding myself wanting to write a critique of the capitalistic and competitive direction I feel that the unschooling/self-directed learning movement is going in as it’s brought more into the mainstream, but it just seems like such an overwhelmingly large (and not to mention controversial) topic that I just don’t know where to start!
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The Beginner’s Guide to Unschooling : zenhabits (via guerrillamamamedicine)
Fuck yes, unschooling!
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New post on the blog.
Learning is something very personal and very individual, so having found myself being asked for generalized learning advice, I find myself both eager to share but hesitant about what to share!
So I’ll simply do what I always strive to do: write from personal experiences. Share what I’ve found to be important in my own learning and in my own life, and hope that others can find it relatable or otherwise helpful. Much of this seems really obvious, yet at the same time I’ve never actually sat down and attempted to list all the things I find most important in my own learning, and seeing it all laid out like this is proving really interesting and revealing to me…
Be comfortable learning just enough and nothing more
Read the Wikipedia article, and if you’re satisfied with that, stop. Go by your interest level, and don’t feel an obligation to learn a lot about a subject if you’re not interested in doing so.
Be comfortable focusing on one subject to the exclusion of (almost) all else
Sometimes digging deep and truly immersing yourself in something can be a wonderfully rewarding experience, and leaves you with a very deep knowledge of something or a high level of skill. If something seems wonderful enough to you to do that, go for it.
Learn alone
Books are great. So is the internet. So are solitary walks in the woods.Self-taught ukulele player
Seek out groups, teachers, or mentors to learn
Sometimes learning with other people really feels best (for some people often, others, rarely). Whether it’s in a group where big interesting discussions can happen, or finding a teacher who can help you gain the level of skill you want to have, learning with other people can be wonderful. There’s nothing that says just because you’re a self-directed learner you can’t direct yourself towards lots of other people!Don’t force it
If you find yourself reading the same paragraph half a dozen times because you’re just not taking it in, stop. Put the book down. Maybe permanently, maybe just until the next day if it seems interesting again then. But I do find, in my experience at least, that anything I’ve ever had to choke down or really force myself through, I’ve forgotten. Every single time. That doesn’t mean you might not want to force yourself through a boring chapter in an otherwise interesting book on occasion, or get through a not-so-interesting article online because it’s the only place you’ve found to get that specific information you want. Just that if you’re really not enjoying something and there’s nothing forcing you to do it (as in, you’re not studying for a test you really want to pass), then give up. If you’re not enjoying it and not taking it in, what’s the point?(Read more at link)