{"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":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Tarot-Fool-Minus-Title.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3364\" title=\"Tarot Fool Minus Title\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Tarot-Fool-Minus-Title-185x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Tarot-Fool-Minus-Title-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Tarot-Fool-Minus-Title.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><strong>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. <em>(Click the highlighted title to go to that post)<\/em>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/23\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-travel\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of Travel<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; There is no greater developmental experience than travel framed as an adventure<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/11\/3347\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of Social Transformation<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Learning the skills of collaboration, advocacy and leadership in the real world<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-theater\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of Theater<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Unique experiences collaborating with my fellow youth mounting a range of theatrical productions mostly outside the &#8220;command and control&#8221; of adults<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/27\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-war\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of War<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Taking a &#8220;deep dive&#8221; into history, simulation and gaming theory and collaborating with like-minded youth and young adults on ever greater gaming projects<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/05\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-religion\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of Religion<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Looking at my lifelong interest in religious belief and practice which i pursued in various forms.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-writing\/\">Unschooling in the Art of Writing<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; My lifelong struggle to become a writer, though engaged in thru school, was most effectively developed outside school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/unschooling-in-the-art-of-self-direction\/\"><strong>Unschooling in the Art of Self-Direction<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; 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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/10\/unschooled-by-my-electronic-greek-chorus\/\"><strong>Unschooled by my Electronic Greek Chorus<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The role popular music and particularly song lyrics have played in my development, and presumably in others of my generation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/10\/my-schooling-versus-my-job-skills-provenance\/\"><strong>My Schooling vs My Job Skills Provenance<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; An inventory of the key skills I use in my paid work and whether they were learned in or outside of school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Based on the depth of my own experience outside of school, when I realized that my kids&#8217; development was being hindered by school, I was okay &#8220;letting them loose&#8221; on managing their own development&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/01\/unschooling-rather-than-highschooling\/\"><strong>Unschooling Rather than Highschooling<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; A summation of my kids&#8217; major unschooling projects during the years they would conventionally be going to high school<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leftyparent.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/02\/un-college\/\"><strong>Un-College<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; My kids&#8217; major learning project done instead of going to college<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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