School teaches kids a lot of bad habits they need to unlearn when they leave.
Five things you can do to *deschool* your kid:
1. Learn for pleasure.
Go to museums *just for fun.* Indulge your kid's natural curiosity, whatever they're interested in, and help reawaken it.
Five things you can do to *deschool* your kid:
1. Learn for pleasure.
Go to museums *just for fun.* Indulge your kid's natural curiosity, whatever they're interested in, and help reawaken it.
2. Encourage disagreement
School teaches kids there's one right answer, but the greatest rewards in life come from thinking something new.
Encourage your kids to come up with their own ideas and solutions.
Teach them how to test and defend them. Help them develop free thought.
School teaches kids there's one right answer, but the greatest rewards in life come from thinking something new.
Encourage your kids to come up with their own ideas and solutions.
Teach them how to test and defend them. Help them develop free thought.
3. Give your kid space to take ownership.
Traditional school teaches kids how to be passive, but the real world rewards being active.
Let your kid choose what they want to learn about. Rocket building? Railroad history? Rabbitry? Let their interest be king.
Traditional school teaches kids how to be passive, but the real world rewards being active.
Let your kid choose what they want to learn about. Rocket building? Railroad history? Rabbitry? Let their interest be king.
4. Show your kids a goals-first approach to learning.
School comes out of context and top-down, but the real world rewards being mission-driven.
Ask your kid what *they're* excited to accomplish.
Help them find their passion and purpose, and build their education around that.
School comes out of context and top-down, but the real world rewards being mission-driven.
Ask your kid what *they're* excited to accomplish.
Help them find their passion and purpose, and build their education around that.
5. Challenge the rules.
Rule following is a huge part of school. "It's just how we do it."
The antidote? Get comfortable breaking them.
Your kid wants to learn about chemistry first, then pick up the necessary math when they run into a question they can't answer?
Let them.
Rule following is a huge part of school. "It's just how we do it."
The antidote? Get comfortable breaking them.
Your kid wants to learn about chemistry first, then pick up the necessary math when they run into a question they can't answer?
Let them.
What else would you add to this list?
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-follow @rebelEducator for more content on improving your kids' education
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