Why the School Factory Model Fails Curious Humans
Western schooling was never designed to produce thinkers. It was designed to produce reliable employees for a world that no longer exists.
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Investigations into education, autonomy, and the systems that shape us.
What Freedom in Learning Actually Looks Like Day to Day
If you’re waiting for the school day to begin, you’ve already missed the point. In a freedom-based life, the distinction between "educational time" and "living time" disappears.
Unschooling Without the Woo: A Grounded Explanation
It’s not mystical or passive. It’s an evidence-driven approach to learning that prioritizes autonomy and real-world relevance.
Learning Without Classrooms: How Location Shapes Intelligence
The classroom is a controlled environment designed to minimize distraction. But distraction is often just another word for "context."
Socialization Outside School: What Actually Happens
The biggest myth about homeschooling is that it leads to isolation. In reality, it leads to social maturity through mixed-age interaction.
Motivation Without Grades, Gold Stars, or Fear
When you remove artificial rewards and punishments, children develop intrinsic motivation. Learn how autonomy creates lifelong drive.
What I Learned Being Homeschooled That School Never Taught
Reflections from a homeschooled adult on the skills that actually matter in the real world.
Leaving Public School: The First 90 Days of Decompression
The transition from school to freedom requires a period of decompression for both parents and children.
Teens, Autonomy, and Trust: Letting Go Without Losing Direction
Navigating the teen years with self-directed education. Why trust is more effective than control.
Measuring Learning Without Tests or Curriculum
How do you know they are learning? Discover qualitative ways to measure growth in a freedom-based education.
From Unschooling to Adulthood: Skills That Compound
Discover the specific skills developed in a freedom-based childhood that provide a massive advantage in work and life.
Why "Structure" Is Often Just Control in Disguise
Parents often worry about lack of structure. But most school structure is actually just institutional control.