The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
by Grace LlewellynFrom Wikipedia:
The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (ISBN 0962959170) by Grace Llewellyn is a book about unschooling. It is inspired by John Holt's educational views, among others; the book encourages teenagers to leave compulsory education and let their curiosity guide their learning. It includes suggestions and resources regarding traditional academic areas, as well as chapters about talking to parents, social life, college, and exploring the world.From here:
No other book on home education has encouraged more teenagers to "rise out" of school than Grace Llewellyn’s Teenage Liberation Handbook. Seven years and many liberated teens later, she has evolved into a recognizable, respected voice that unschoolers embrace. It isn’t that Grace preaches rebellion or even that her message is revolutionary. Very simply, talking with Grace is an organic experience. For anyone who has admired or attempted to be natural, the words and endeavors exhaled from Grace’s mouth breathe with a perpetual aura of inspiration. Enthusiasm, boundless creativity, the energy from following one’s own passion: all are characteristics of unschoolers, all are abundantly evident in its chief proponent. Grace isn’t superhuman, however. Rather, her legion of miscues are pronounced and prominent, open for public display. Whether uttering "um" two-hundred times in a single, hour-long presentation or starting an unprofitable business venture, it doesn’t take a detective to find her human vulnerability. That vulnerability, coupled with vibrancy and activity, is what inspires. If Grace can be human and engaged to her dreams, doesn’t it follow that we can, too?About Grace Llewellyn
From Wikipedia:
Grace Llewellyn is the author of several books on homeschooling and unschooling. Her best known book is The Teenage Liberation Handbook (ISBN 0962959170), which she was inspired to write after three years of teaching. She has written three other books and runs the "Not Back to School Camp" where several activities are offered and campers can choose what they find interesting, in keeping with the philosophy of unschooling.As of 2005, Llewellyn was working on a book of resources for teens who can't leave school. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.
Links
Grace Llewellyn's official siteThe Not Back to School Camp
Where to get the book
Amazon
Written by: Grace Llewellyn
11 December 2005
