{"id":3394,"date":"2012-04-14T12:22:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T19:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/?page_id=3394"},"modified":"2020-07-09T19:51:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T02:51:05","slug":"my-own-unschooling-experiences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/looking-at-the-circle-of-equals\/my-own-unschooling-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"My Own Unschooling Experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most of the learning during my youth and young adulthood that is an important part of who I am today was done outside of, rather than in school. (Click the highlighted title to go to that post)<\/em>…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of Travel<\/strong><\/a> – There is no greater developmental experience than travel framed as an adventure<\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of Social Transformation<\/strong><\/a> – Learning the skills of collaboration, advocacy and leadership in the real world<\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of Theater<\/strong><\/a> – Unique experiences collaborating with my fellow youth mounting a range of theatrical productions mostly outside the “command and control” of adults<\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of War<\/strong><\/a> – Taking a “deep dive” into history, simulation and gaming theory and collaborating with like-minded youth and young adults on ever greater gaming projects<\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of Religion<\/strong><\/a> – Looking at my lifelong interest in religious belief and practice which i pursued in various forms.
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\nUnschooling in the Art of Writing<\/a><\/strong> – My lifelong struggle to become a writer, though engaged in thru school, was most effectively developed outside school.<\/p>\n

Unschooling in the Art of Self-Direction<\/strong><\/a> – Looking at how I developed my own compass and agency mostly outside of an school situation. Also how school first hindered and then assisted with developing my ability to direct my own life.<\/p>\n

Unschooled by my Electronic Greek Chorus<\/strong><\/a> – The role popular music and particularly song lyrics have played in my development, and presumably in others of my generation<\/p>\n

My Schooling vs My Job Skills Provenance<\/strong><\/a> – An inventory of the key skills I use in my paid work and whether they were learned in or outside of school.<\/p>\n

Based on the depth of my own experience outside of school, when I realized that my kids’ development was being hindered by school, I was okay “letting them loose” on managing their own development…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unschooling Rather than Highschooling<\/strong><\/a> – A summation of my kids’ major unschooling projects during the years they would conventionally be going to high school<\/p>\n

Un-College<\/strong><\/a> – My kids’ major learning project done instead of going to college<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of the learning during my youth and young adulthood that is an important part of who I am today was done outside of, rather than in school. (Click the highlighted title to go to that post)… Unschooling in the Art of Travel – There is no greater developmental experience than travel framed as an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6792,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3394","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t