How to find out what you're good at How do you find out what you want and what you're good at, and is education the only way to find a good job and live a good life? Kirby We are expected to know these things and plan ahead. School pressures us into choosing courses in […]
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How to find out what you're good at
Depression and Suicide
What Should I Do If I Am Considering Suicide? Demonic Pyro If you think about suicide, and are actually willing to do it… Don't, for the simple fact that you could instead run away. With running away if you wanted to then you could go back home instead of being… dead. 2/3 of the people […]
Emotional Support
Finding a therapist / counselor therapists.psychologytoday.com has an excellent search tool for therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, and the like. I highly suggest people explore their results... it's a good way to learn about the various people who are there to help... whether for one's self, or for others. Many have their own web sites, and increasingly […]
Start College Early
Most people think you have to do four years of high school before you can go to college, but there are ways to start college earlier. Colleges that accept students early Bard College at Simon's Rock is specifically focused on accepting students after 10th or 11th grade. The Shimer College early entrance program, which […]
Waldorf
Waldorf education (also known as Steiner education) is a form of education based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. The Waldorf approach emphasizes the role of imagination in learning and claims that learning is a natural process that is coordinated with the “natural rhythms of life”. There are over 1000 Waldorf schools in approximately 60 […]
Unschooling
Unschooling is quickly becoming a popular alternative to school. It is usually defined as “Natural Learning” or “Delight-Driven Learning.” Unschooling philosophy says that naturally, children love to learn, but when they are put into schools with everyone being forced to learn the same things and all the same ways, they start disliking learning. Unschooling philosophy […]
Online Education
Online High School Online High School: Everything You Need To Know How To Finish High School Online For Free List of Online High Schools in each US State
Montessori
Disclaimer This article is mainly based on one particular person's experiences in a Montessori school, almost all Montessori schools are different to varying degrees, keep that in mind in choosing if Montessori would be right for you. Montessori Schools Montessori is well known for it's self-learning and self-pacing. The children are allowed to choose […]
Homeschooling
Homeschooling or homeschool (also called home education or home learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents or professional tutors, rather than in a public or private school. Although prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education occurred within the family or community, homeschooling in the modern sense […]
Free Schools
A free school, often intentionally spelled free skool, is a decentralized network in which skills, information, and knowledge are shared without hierarchy or the institutional environment of formal schooling. The open structure of a free school is intended to encourage self-reliance, critical consciousness, and personal development. It is, at heart, non-institutional and non-authoritarian. Generally, it […]
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