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Main Website Portuguese Translation/ Tradução Para Português Do Site
Objetivo Do Site: Este é um site para alunos que não querem estar sendo forçados a ir para a escola. Nós não estamos dizendo para você cair fora, rebeliar-se ou fazer qualquer coisa em particular. O que você faz é uma decisão sua e somente sua, nós só podemos dar suporte ...

SS Forums Back Up
Read all about it here :) Okay, so there's not much to read... but check it out anyway. There's some new features and stuff. ...

SS Forums Down Until Further Notice
UPDATE: The forums are back up! I'll leave them in read-only mode for now. If you want to keep in contact with people from the forums, you should get their contact details via PM or something. Maybe one of you can create another forum somewhere else (in fact, please do... it's ...

Schooling: The hidden agenda (a speech by Daniel Quinn)
New article added to the articles section: Schooling: The hidden agenda. It's a speech Daniel Quinn (author of Ishmael) gave at a home-schooling/unschooling conference. For those of you with short attention spans, here are some snippets I found interesting. I've even bolded some parts so if you have very SEVERE attention ...

The Public School Nightmare: Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought?
Added new article by John Taylor Gatto, called "The Public School Nightmare: Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought?" Click here to read it. I personally think it's one of the best articles I've ever read about public schooling. ...

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Learning cannot be forced
You sit in class, day after day, feeling trapped. The teacher drones on about topics that seem pointless, and all you can think about is how much you hate being there. You're not alone. So many teens feel the same way, suffocated by a system that demands compliance rather than curiosity. ...

Amanda Householder Explains How She Got Her Parents Arrested For Abusing Teen Girls
How I Got My Own Parents Charged With Abusing Teen Girls Author: Amanda Householder ?A VERY LONG FIGHT? Amanda Householder?s allegations led to her parents? arrest for child abuse and neglect last year. Now she?s filed a lawsuit against the couple, who ran a boarding school. Updated Apr. 18, 2022 2:56AM ...

The Alliance for Self?Directed Education
Source: The Alliance for Self?Directed Education Alliance Announced at the AERO Conference Hello Allies! Thank you for your interest in the Alliance for Self-Directed Education and for your efforts spreading self-directed education in the world!  It?s been amazing to see such an enthusiastic response from so many of you after announcing the ...

South African textbook asks pupils how victim's behaviour led to rape
by Rob Davies Thursday 8 September 2016 15.58 BST   Publisher Pearson says it will amend book aimed at children aged 15 to 16 that has been in circulation for five years   Pearson has submitted corrections to the textbook to South Africa?s department of basic education. Photograph: Yonela Palesa Moopelwa/Facebook   ...

Michigan Republicans protect religious bullies - place LGBT kids in danger
There is growing outrage and disgust aimed at a recently passed bill in the Michigan Senate that would allow teachers and students to harass and bully others as long as they can claim their actions are rooted in a "sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction." Wednesday, the Republican-controlled state senate ...

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You're not worthless
Why do people defend school?
Why I hate school in general

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The Public School Nightmare: Why fix a system designed to destroy individual thought?
How public education cripples our kids, and why (Against School)
Institutional Schooling Must Be Destroyed

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Why kids keep secrets from parents
The "rebellious stage"
Respect

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Unschooling is Quality Time
Unschooling Equals Natural Learning
The Legal Requirements For Home Schooling in the US

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Signs you might be an empath
If you're reading this, chances are you already feel a bit out of place in the world, like a ghost wandering through the halls of a school that doesn't quite know you exist. The weight of everyone else's emotions seems to rest on your shoulders, and it's exhausting, isn't it? You ...

What's the difference between Montessori and Waldorf education?
You?ve got a child who feels trapped in the rigidity of traditional schooling, and you?re searching for alternatives that might honor their spirit and curiosity. It?s tough, isn?t it? The world can feel so overwhelming, and the weight of wanting to do right by your child can sometimes feel like too ...

Why Montessori Can Be Better Than Online School
You?re sitting there, scrolling through endless options, feeling the weight of a million decisions pressing down on your shoulders. The thought of online school sounds like a lifeline, a way to keep your child safe from the chaos of traditional classrooms. But in that desperation, you might overlook something beautiful?something that ...

School Anxiety: Grounding for Relaxation
School can feel like a suffocating cage, can?t it? You sit there, trapped in a dull room, and suddenly you?re lost in your thoughts, not even registering the teacher droning on about something you couldn?t care less about. You feel emotionally unsteady, like a leaf caught in a storm, and the ...

Why Montessori Can Be Better Than Homeschooling
You?ve been watching your child struggle, haven?t you? The weight of a system that seems to crush their spirit is palpable, and your heart aches for them. You?ve considered homeschooling, envisioning a cozy sanctuary where they can learn at their own pace, free from the suffocating walls of a traditional classroom. ...

Why Montessori is better than public school
You feel the weight of your child?s struggles with school pressing down on you like a heavy blanket that won?t budge. You see their frustration, their disinterest, and sometimes, their outright despair. It?s heartbreaking. It?s also incredibly confusing, especially when you?re surrounded by well-meaning friends and family who insist that ?school ...

Why golf balls are better than school
Let?s cut through the BS: if you?re stuck in a school system that feels more like a torture chamber than a place of learning, you?re not alone. The truth is, traditional school can be a hot mess of frustration and disillusionment. And while you might feel like you?re drowning in a ...

Why tarot cards are better than school
So, you?re feeling crushed by the relentless grind of school, right? It?s like you?re stuck in this suffocating cage where every day is a repeat of the last, just with a different set of meaningless tasks to juggle. Maybe you?re wondering if there?s an escape route or an alternative that doesn?t ...

How To Unblock Any Website At School
Check out the new Mega Guide: How To Unblock Anything At School It?s a grim reality for many of us trapped in the monotony of school life: the constant barrage of restrictions and controls designed to keep us from finding solace in the digital world. Schools block websites for reasons that ...

How To Unblock Twitter At School On A Chromebook
If you?re reading this, chances are you?re feeling frustrated, trapped in a system that feels like it was designed without you in mind. School can sometimes feel like a prison, and for many of us, it?s hard to find relief or escape. One small way to regain a bit of control, ...

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Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against 'no shorts' policy
Source: Teenage boys wear skirts to school to protest against 'no shorts' policy | Education | The Guardian Quote:Some had borrowed from girlfriends, others from sisters. A few had gone the extra mile and shaved their legs. When the Isca academy in Devon opened on Thursday morning, an estimated 30 boys arrived ...

I did something bad during Sports Day and I think I'll get excluded from school.
Yesterday, it was Sports Day. I touched my Form Tutor three times after being told not to. The first time was when we were taking a class picture, I touched her hip. Everyone had to squeeze, so I couldn't move my hand away from her hip. The second time was during tug of ...

I did something bad during Sports Day and I think I'll get excluded from school.
Yesterday, it was Sports Day. I touched my Form Tutor three times after being told not to. The first time was when we were taking a class picture, I touched her hip. Everyone had to squeeze, so I couldn't move my hand away from her hip. The second time was during tug of ...

Short animation about how school drains us.
Watch on YouTube I found this a few hours ago. It basically shows how school takes our "wings" away. I wasn't expecting to see so many fellow anti-schoolers in the comments, but they ended up being the majority. <3 Then there were comments like this: Quote:I go to high school and it really comes down to ...

I can't hate school enough
Really! The teacher give you boring lectures and make the subject hell for you when teachers are supposed to be inspiring you with there own love of learning for this subject. Communication skill are hella important to be successful in life and in collage but schools discourages you from talking teachers ...

A violent diss about my English teacher.
My English teacher is the main cause of misery for me, so I wrote her a little song. I tried to send it to her but couldn't find her contact info. I emailed the school saying I'm a parent concerned about my child's English grades and I wish to talk to ...

Spreading Awareness
Let's be honest, I believe 90% of this websites users want to change school for the good.So instead of staying here, let's spread outwards, start groups at your schools to promote alternatives, among other things.I for one am starting a discord for my local group of students inside schools to help ...

The Terrors in Egypt
I decided to become an archaeologist for two main reasons: one, I hated society -- I hated those stupid low-lifes not doing anything with their life, and that?s why I became hell-bent on accomplishing some ground-breaking discovery; two, I decided to isolate myself in unpoplated regions of the world to distance ...

"I dont know" should be acceptable
Watch on YouTube ...

Things wrong with this world
Capitalism, fascism, consumerism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and communism(though the latter isn't really common anymore.) Watch on YouTube Hidden stuff: Also: mindless modern pop music brainwashing the masses, power-hungy governments brainwashing the masses, and the media brainwashing the masses. And I didn't know where else to post this. I could have posted it to "videos", ...

A girl swore at me for just going to my lesson
Yesterday when I was walking to science, that girl who used to be my fake friend told me to **** off for just going to my lesson. I yelled at her and told her that I need to go to my lesson and she told me to shut my mouth. I ...

hero
proof me wrong ...

SAT Scores, and theCancer continues to be wrong
So I just learned something about this guy Stanley Kaplan, the guy whose name is on SAT test prep guides. So the SAT was supposed to measure Scholastic Aptitude, but as he went through the process of figuring out what gaps needed filling in people's knowledge he started shining a bit spotlight ...

7 ways to Maximize Misery
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to fresh highschool graduate niggaligs that received a VECTOR letter
This is fer le future peeps that are might receive a letter from the company Vector. Now, this letter seems pretty cool. Summer friggin work enclosed. Yea thats pretty neat bruh. That summer work youre looking forward is a BIG PILE OF DOODOO. You open that motherfucker up and you see ...


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