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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"
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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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My GED story - Why it works and why you should consider it
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Why does school make me hate myself?
I wake up every morning already tired of being me. Not the good kind of tired, like after staying up too late reading something that actually matters. The bad kind. The kind where my body knows before my brain does that in approximately forty-seven minutes I?m going to be sitting in ...

What causes school anxiety and depression?
I've spent enough time staring at ceilings at 3 a.m., heart racing for no reason that anyone else would understand, to know exactly what it's like when school feels like it's slowly crushing the life out of you. If you're reading this, chances are you've felt it too?that heavy, gray fog ...

Are You the Canary in the Coal Mine?
If you?re feeling suffocated in school, you need to know: your feelings are valid. You are not alone, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with you. It?s the system that is wrong. This idea reminds me of the canaries once used in coal mines. Miners would take these little birds with ...

Why do I get anxiety when I think about school?
Why do I get anxiety when I think about school? Oh, I don?t know, maybe because it?s a place where creativity goes to die and individuality is squashed like a bug under a size 12 shoe? But hey, let?s dive into this delightful topic, shall we? First off, let?s talk about ...

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 ...

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