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Corrupting the youth. Enthusiasts exploring the future of learning. Follow for ideas on how to improve your child’s education.
Joined September 2021
When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids need to unlearn:.
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This is an 8th grade graduation exam from 1912. 8th graders then were better prepared for life in the real world than 12th graders are today.
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Most kids go through 12+ years of school without learning how to think. They learn math and grammar, but they never learn critical thinking. 5 skills you need to be teaching your kids (and let's be honest, most adults need to learn them too) 👇.
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Wait, so let me get this straight:. Kids are *legally required* spend 7 hours in school, 180 days a year, for 13 years . and yet 54% of American adults can't even read at a 6th grade level?. Please make this make sense.
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Wait, so let me get this straight:. Kids are *legally required* spend 7 hours in school, 180 days a year, for 13 years . and yet 54% of American adults can't even read at a 6th grade level?. Please make this make sense.
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Wait, so let me get this straight:. Kids are *legally required* spend 7 hours in school, 180 days a year, for 13 years . and yet 54% of American adults can't even read at a 6th grade level?. Please make this make sense.
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There are schools in America where not a single student can read or do math at grade level. Read that again: not a single student. In the whole school.
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Why are we wasting 12+ years of kids’ lives on busywork that doesn’t matter, memorizing topics they don’t care about, trapped inside a system they hate?. There’s a better way.
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Effective schooling can be done in only a couple hours a day. Most of the contents of a traditional school day are unnecessary bloat. Nobody questions the bloat, because school is also childcare. Which requires 7-8 hours a day of kids looking busy.
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Schools don’t have a funding problem, they have an administrator surplus problem.
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When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids need to unlearn:.
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This is an 8th grade graduation exam from 1912. 8th graders then were better prepared for life in the real world than 12th graders are today.
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When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids (and adults!) need to unlearn 👇.
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Why are we wasting 12+ years of kids’ lives on busywork that doesn’t matter, memorizing topics they don’t care about, trapped inside a system they hate?. There’s a better way.
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To all the parents considering homeschooling their kids but doubting their own capacity to do so:. The whole “read the book one chapter ahead of your kids” method really does work. You can stay one chapter ahead and teach the whole entire K-12 curriculum.
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When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids need to unlearn:.
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The Greeks killed Socrates because he was "corrupting the youth" by teaching them to think for themselves. The war waged against critical thinking is a tale as old as time.
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The fact that the school doesn't start with a recess session for kids to run around outside and burn off their energy before sitting in class is *insane.*.
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When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits kids need to unlearn:.
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How did we collectively come to the conclusion that letting the government educate our kids was a good idea?.
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Forcing thirty kids in a classroom to all learn at exactly the same pace is a crime against the human intellect.
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The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18. 90% of that time is utterly wasted. Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential. 5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇.
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Forcing thirty kids in a classroom to all learn at exactly the same pace is a crime against the human intellect.
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The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18. 90% of that time is utterly wasted. Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential. 5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇.
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Here are 8 cognitive biases they never taught you about in school. No one is immune to these biases, but if you aren’t aware of them, they will keep you at the mercy of the world. 👇.
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The childhoods of successful people all have one thing in common:. Adults who do things beyond the classroom to facilitate learning. 11 things you can do at home with your kids - today, and for free - to give them a leg up on their education:
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20 lessons you should be teaching your kid (that school isn't):. 1. Failure isn't bad. It's one of your greatest teachers. 2. Asking "why" is your greatest weapon. 3. Just because someone's an "expert" doesn't mean they're right.
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If you want a good education for your kids, you should think twice about sending them to public school. 10 things every parent should know about America's education system 👇.
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Why is it that most American parents don't realize how bad public education is?. We're 136th in the world in reading. Only 1 in 3 students are proficient in math. The data should be a point of national outrage - and the Dept of Education isn't hiding it. Let's take a look . .
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The traditional school system is raising kids that:. • can't think critically.• hate learning.• are anxious and depressed.• are scared of the future. This bodes poorly for all of us. Education needs to be of the highest priority to fix – or the consequences will be dire.
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Schools don’t have a funding issue, they have an administrative surplus issue.
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20 lessons you should be teaching your kid (that school isn't):. 1. Failure isn't bad. It's one of your greatest teachers. 2. Asking "why" is your greatest weapon. 3. Just because someone's an "expert" doesn't mean they're right.
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The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18. 90% of that time is utterly wasted. Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential. 5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇.
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If the in-laws are asking about your education choices this Christmas -. ("Your kids are going to be weird if they don't go to public school!"). Here are 9 stats you should share with them 👇.
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It’s normal for kids — especially small boys — to be restless, rambunctious, and loth to sit still. It’s a sign of *health* to be full of energy. They don’t need to be put on drugs to fit a boring education system. The system needs to change to fit them.
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20 lessons you should be teaching your kid (that school isn't):. 1. Failure isn't bad. It's one of your greatest teachers. 2. Asking "why" is your greatest weapon. 3. Just because someone's an "expert" doesn't mean they're right.
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Kids hate reading because they learn it coercively. Kids hate math because it feels devoid of context. Kids hate writing because it seems boring. It's important to note: none of these are problems innate to reading, math, or writing. They're all problems with instruction.
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I dream of a world where homeschooling your kids is a stronger status symbol than the make of your car.
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Public education funding keeps going up, while test scores remain the same. The funding is not the problem.
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Education in America is going to look very different 10 years from now. In some places, that future is already here - and there are some incredibly talented people building it. Here are 12 education accounts you should be following 👇.
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Subjects kids don't need:. • Algebra.• Physics.• Gender studies.• “Health” (the school version). Subjects kids actually need:. • Negotiation.• Mental models.• Research skills.• Financial savvy.• Critical thinking.• Entrepreneurship. What would you add or take away?.
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Parents: if you're looking for other options (besides public school) for your kids -. You should check out these 13 schools 👇.
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Here are 8 cognitive biases they never taught you about in school. No one is immune to these biases, but if you aren’t aware of them, they will keep you at the mercy of the world. 👇.
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Public school was not designed to teach kids to think. It was, in fact, designed around the premise that a large portion of the population didn't really need to know how to think. And then we wonder why our kids are failing.
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Kids hate reading because they learn it coercively. Kids hate math because it feels devoid of context. Kids hate writing because it seems boring. It's important to note: none of these are problems innate to reading, math, or writing. They're all problems with instruction.
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School does a terrible job preparing kids for the real world. It hyper-focuses on theory and barely touches the practical, and then we wonder why kids struggle after they graduate. 5 important life skills school is completely failing to teach your kids 👇.
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School does a terrible job preparing kids for the real world. It hyper-focuses on theory and barely touches the practical, and then we wonder why kids struggle after they graduate. 5 important life skills school is completely failing to teach your kids 👇.
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Education in America is going to look very different 10 years from now. In some places, that future is already here - and there are some incredibly talented people building it. Here are 12 education accounts you should be following 👇.
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These 8 cognitive biases aren't taught in school. No one is immune to these biases, but if you aren’t aware of them, they will keep you at the mercy of the world. 👇.
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5/6-year-olds don’t need 7 hours a day of kindergarten. They need time outside, free play, pencils and paper, parents who read to them, space to be creative, license to build forts and castles, curiosity driven adventures. They need space. To be kids. That’s pretty much it.
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Homeschooling your kids?. Here are 10 resources you should know about (that can help you deliver an education better than public school ever could) 👇.
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You know what's not going up?. Test scores. Academic outcomes. Anything that actually matters.
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56% of adults in America can’t read at a 6th-grade level. 90%+ of adults in America went through the public education system. Something here is not right.
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The childhoods of successful people all have one thing in common:. Adults who do things beyond the classroom to facilitate learning. 11 things you can do at home with your kids - today, and for free - to give them a leg up on their education:
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8 toxic mental models you learned in school (that you have to unlearn as an adult) 👇.
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Most kids go through 12+ years of school without learning how to think. They learn math and grammar, but they never learn critical thinking. 5 skills you need to be teaching your kids (and let's be honest, most adults need to learn them too) 👇.
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One of the most surprising realizations for newly-homeschooling parents is that it only takes a couple hours a day to deliver a great education. Most of public school time is just wasted space + childcare.
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Homeschooling parents: what’s your favorite rebuttal to the “your kids won’t be socialized” argument?.
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Everybody's worried about their kids not being "socialized" if they don't go to traditional school. But who actually wants their kids to be "socialized" anyway?. For most kids, school socialization is brutal. Six reasons your kid is better off without it 👇.
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Mixed-age classrooms are magic. Younger kids are inspired by watching older kids. Older kids anchor their knowledge by teaching younger kids. This is one of the biggest things the institutional education system is sleeping on.
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One of the biggest flaws of traditional school?. Its obsession with teaching kids memorization. Your kid doesn't need to memorize facts. They need to learn how to learn. 👇.
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Public school enrollment is in decline. Homeschooling is the fastest-growing education modality in the country. Private school enrollment is steadily climbing. The future is coming.
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1. Being passive. Traditional school feeds you everything you need. Stand in line, follow the rules, and you'll do well. But if you want outsized results in the real world, you need to go take what you want. Kids need to learn how to take that ownership of their experience.
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Teach your kids mental models. • First principles.• Second-order thinking.• Inversion.• The 80/20 principle. Teach them how to use tools to break down ideas and help them think more clearly.
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Public school doesn't care if your kids learn how to think. They care about your kids scoring well on tests so they can get more state funding. In fact, your kids' critical thinking is at odds with that goal - because divergent thinking runs the risk of botched test scores.
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It’s normal for kids — especially small boys — to be restless, rambunctious, and loth to sit still. It’s a sign of *health* to be full of energy. They don’t need to be put on drugs to fit a boring education system. The system needs to change to fit them.
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Kids in public school are terrible at interacting with adults - because to them, adults are authority figures. Kids who are homeschooled consistently blow adults away with their social skills. And yet somehow we still spread the myth that homeschoolers are the awkward ones.
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Public school is more about babysitting and social conditioning than it is about education.
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Parents: if you're looking for other options (besides public school) for your kid this year -. You should check out these 10 schools 👇.
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Almost everything you know about education is wrong. Here are a few of the biggest fallacies:. 1. "Kids need a teacher to learn.". False. Kids are learning all the time, from everything — books, YouTube, lived experience. Kids are wired to learn. They just need space to do it.
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Prior to 1979, the federal government didn’t even have a Department of Education. Now the Dept of Ed employs over 4,000 people and has a budget of nearly $70 billion.
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Parents: if you're looking for other options (besides public school) for your kid -. You should check out these 10 schools 👇.
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Education in America is going to look very different 10 years from now. In some places, that future is already here - and there are some incredibly talented people building it. Here are 10 of those people you should be following 👇.
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"If your child is a C in math and a star in tennis, hire a tennis coach, not a math tutor.".
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Traditional school completely fails at teaching most kids how to succeed in life. So many kids graduate feeling lost, with no clue what comes next. School is supposed to prepare kids for the real world, not keep them distracted for 12 years, then expect them to thrive.
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2. Waiting for permission. Traditional school requires kids to ask for permission to do anything, from reading a book to going to the bathroom. The real world rewards those who don't wait for permission. Like the startup adage: "don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness.".
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Education in America is going to look very different 10 years from now. In some places, that future is already here - and there are some incredibly talented people building it. Here are 10 of those people you should be following 👇.
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Effective academic learning can be done in only a couple hours a day. Most of the contents of a school day are … bloat. The bloat is allowed, because a large component of education is childcare. But no one wants to call it childcare, so the kids have to look busy.
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Kids don't need to memorize what to think, they need to learn how to think. 7 mental models you should be teaching your kids:. 1. Confirmation bias: the tendency to find information consistent with your existing beliefs. To be strong thinkers, kids need to learn objectivity.
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3. Deferring to authority. School teaches kids that the adult is always right. In reality, kids need to learn to trust their own judgment and opinions if they want to do well in life. When kids leave school, they have to learn to trust their own inner compass again.
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4. Learning to the test. School rewards late-night cramming and test-it-and-forget-it learning strategies. The only thing that matters is the test score. In the real world, kids need to learn to the task. What really matters is what they can *do* with the knowledge they gain.
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So many parents know the school system sucks, but are afraid to pull their kids out. Here are 5 reasons you should:. 1. School is teaching your kids a ton of bad habits. Passivity, cramming-and-forgetting, deference: things they have to unlearn once they enter the real world.
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The average kid spends 15,000 hours in school between the ages of 6-18. 90% of that time is utterly wasted. Wasting kids' time means wasting their potential. 5 reasons school is wasting your kids' childhood (and why administrators don't care, and won't ever fix it) 👇.
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Your kids do not belong to the government. They do not belong to the teacher's unions, the local school district, or some well-meaning bureaucrat who thinks they know "better.". Your kids are YOURS. Don't let anyone bully you into believing otherwise.
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Homeschooling parents (and parents who want to homeschool):. Here are the 7 most important things to remember:. (If you do these 7 things and nothing else, your kid will get a great education)👇.
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