In this solocast, I ask some confronting questions: ✨ What is life without school? ✨ What are the fears behind choosing that path? ✨ And what do we even call it? If we agree that learning isn’t something confined to ten four-week terms, between 9 and 3, Monday to Friday — if we know it’s everywhere — then why do we still subscribe to the idea that our children must spend 13 years of their life there? It’s time to rethink what education really means, and what freedom in learning can look like.
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In this solocast, I ask some confronting questions: ✨ What is life without school? ✨ What are the fears behind choosing that path? ✨ And what do we even call it? If we agree that learning isn’t something confined to ten four-week terms, between 9 and 3, Monday to Friday — if we know it’s everywhere — then why do we still subscribe to the idea that our children must spend 13 years of their life there? It’s time to rethink what education really means, and what freedom in learning can look like.
4. Solocast: Self Reliance and The Joys of Childhood
Masters of Education
15 minutes
1 month ago
4. Solocast: Self Reliance and The Joys of Childhood
In this episode, I explore the power of self-reliance in young people — and the dangers of underestimating them. “The belief that children and teenagers are incapable of rational decision-making and self-direction is a self-fulfilling prophecy.” When society assumes kids can’t think, choose, or lead, we create systems that deny them the chance to try — and they grow into exactly what we feared. This conversation unpacks how schools, sports, and adult-driven environments strip away responsibil...
Masters of Education
In this solocast, I ask some confronting questions: ✨ What is life without school? ✨ What are the fears behind choosing that path? ✨ And what do we even call it? If we agree that learning isn’t something confined to ten four-week terms, between 9 and 3, Monday to Friday — if we know it’s everywhere — then why do we still subscribe to the idea that our children must spend 13 years of their life there? It’s time to rethink what education really means, and what freedom in learning can look like.
