#hackschooling

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[blueridgetherapeuticwilderness]

Kids go to school and do whatever they want?

"You can do anything you want at this school!" It can be appealing to kids when they're able to tell their friends that they go to a school where that can do whatever they want. A better way to phrase it would be to say that they go to a school where anything they want to do is possible. For those of you who haven't heard about democratic free schools, here are a couple key words we could be patched in.

democratic schools

free schools

sudbury schools

self-directed learning

hackschooling

In a democratic free school, anything can be possible for these kids. They can have as much structure as they desire. At the same time, they can have as much freedom as they desire. The caveat is that it is a place where they have freedom with responsibility.

"Freedom with responsibility"

The core of the democratic school is the school meeting and the judicial committee.

School Meeting

When we conduct our meetings, each student and staff get one vote. The meetings are led by the Meeting Chair who does not have a vote - to prevent creating a bias. At Makarios Community School, there are typically only 2 staff members voting and, at a minimum, 8 students (1/3 of the student population for quorum) who have the power to vote. So you can see that, at a minimum, the adults only have 25% of the say in the school and more often than not, it's even less. Motions are brought to the table and are voted through. Everything passed by the school meeting is law. If these laws are broken, they are brought up to the Judicial Committee.

Judicial Committee

The judicial committee provides both students and staff the power to enforce the rules as well as speaking before a committee (made up of 1 staff member and 2 students) to voice their justice.  The offended and offender have the opportunity to present their case and the committee will determine whether or not the offender is guilty and what their consequence is. The consequences can range from an extra chore, a sincere apology, to suspension.

When you hear about any of those keywords mentioned above, most people assume that it's a community of anarchists. On the contrary, there is a lot of structure at Makarios. The benefit to this type of structure is that it makes it possible for any student to accomplish their desires. For example, if they want to build a robot with school funds, they must bring up any request above $100 to the school meeting (the Financial Advisor is in charge of okay'ing requests under $100). If a student wants to create a class, he or she can put it on the agenda and it will be brought to the school and they will vote on the process for creating a class. Better yet, a student can create a rule for a general process for creating classes.

Some may say, "well this is just like any other school then. There are rules!" The beauty of this type of schooling is that the students have ownership of what goes on. Every single rule has been voted in by the school meeting. By having this authenticity that this, not a school "controlled" by adults, each school truly creates its own unique identity.

It is fascinating to witness the light in a 7-year-old's eyes when her eyes brighten up and she realizes that she has the power to influence her learning environment. Makarios can then not be just a school, but a safe haven for them to push the boundaries of what can be possible in their lives.

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Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

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[homeschoolbase]

You are invited to Global Homeschooling Summit

You are invited to Global Homeschooling Summit

Looking for anyone interested or connected to: worldschooling, homeschooling, unschooling, and hackschooling. Parents, students, experts, teachers, expat families, etc.

Exciting projects are brewing and looking for community connections.

If you or someone you know is interested in sharing their expertise with our Global Homeschooling Summit, please get in touch today!

#worldschooling #homeschooling #hackschooling #unschooling

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SVGとは〜

4月20日 金曜日

ここ一ヶ月ごたごたしてた問題の根っこが解決したー！！！しかし気絶するように寝落ちった。

再起動〜安心して勉強中。

10分でわかるSVG 基礎編 (1/5)

WEBデザイナーのはじめての「SVG」

SVGファイル大解剖 : Illustratorによる作成から、Web書き出しまで

A huge pile of information about SVG.

Snap.svgを使ってSVG画像を簡単アニメーション！

今日の動画

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

キッズ系TEDいろいろ見てた。英語の学習も兼ねる。

子供のキレッキレさってなんなんだろ。情熱がドッと伝わってくる。頭でっかちで愚鈍な大人にはなりたくないな。スピードアップしよっと。

[expandingfrontiers]

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante

What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be happy. I want to continue to be happy, like I am now.

When adults ask you that question they just assume that you’ll automatically be happy and healthy. We don’t seem to make learning how to be happy and healthy a priority in our schools. It’s separate from schools and, for some kids, it doesn’t exist at all. But what if we didn’t make it separate? What if we based education on the study and practice of being happy and healthy? Because that’s what it is, a practice.

Education is important, but why is being happy and healthy not considered education?

Dr. Roger Walsh studied the science of being happy, what he proposes to come down to practicing these 8 things: EXERCISE - DIET/NUTRITION - TIME IN NATURE - CONTRIBUTION/SERVICE - RELATIONSHIPS - RECREATION - RELAXATION/STRESS MANAGEMENT - SPIRITUAL INVOLVEMENT.

Much of education is oriented towards “making a living” rather than “making a life”.

My mother felt confident to pull me from traditional school to try something different. I am part of this small but growing revolution of kids who are going about their education differently. And that freaks a lot of people out. But I am thankful that my parents didn’t cave to peer pressure, and they are too.

Hackers are innovators, people who challenge and change the systems to make them differently, to make them work better. It’s how they think, it’s a mindset. We are growing up in a world that needs more people with the hackers mindset, and not just for technology. Everything is up for being hacked! Even education. HAVING THE HACKER MINDSET CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

So, healthy, happy, creativity and the hacker mindset are all a large part of my education. I call it “HACK-SCHOOLING”.

I don’t use any one particular curriculum, and I am not dedicated to anyone’s particular approach. I hack my education. I take advantage of opportunities in my community and through a network of friends and family. I take advantage of opportunities to experience what I’m learning. And I’m not afraid to look for shortcuts or hacks to get better, faster results. It’s like a remix or a mashup of learning. It’s flexible, opportunistic and never loses sight of making happy, healthy and creativity a priority.

It’s a mindset, not a system. That is why hack-schooling can be used by anyone, even traditional schools.

What does my school look like? I study a lot of math, science, history and writing. I like writing through my experiences and my interests, while connecting with great speakers from around the nation. That sparked my love of writing. (Not like in school, where I had to write about things that not interested me). Once you are motivated to learn something you can get a lot done in a short amount of time, and on your own.

Hacking physics was fun. We learned all about Newton and Galileo, and we experienced some basic physics concepts like kinetic energy through experimenting and making mistakes. A giant Newton’s cradle made out of bocce balls. We participated in Project Discovery’s Ropes Course, was awesome and slightly stressful. When you are 60 feet off the ground you have to learn how to handle your fears, communicate clearly and trust each other.

Community organizations play a big part in my education, like the program “Being aware and safe in critical situations”. We spent a day with a ski patrol to learn more about mountain safety. The next day we switched to the science of snow, weather and avalanches. Also, we learned that making a bad decision can put you and your friends at risk.

The group “Young Chautaqua” brings history to life. There we study a famous character in history, so then we can stand on stage and perform as that character, and answer any question about their lifetime.

Time in nature is really important to me. It’s calm, quiet, and I get to just log out of reality. I spend one day a week outside all day. At my Fox Walker classes we learn to listen to nature, to sense our surroundings and I’ve gained a spiritual connection to nature. The best part is that we get to make spears, bows and arrows, fires with just a bow drill, and survival shelters for the snowy nights when we camp out.

Hanging out at The Moment Factory, where they hand make skis and design clothes, has really inspired me to one day have my own business. The guys at the factory have showed me why I need to be good at math, be creative and get good at sewing. So, I got an internship at Bigtruck Brand, to get better at design and sewing. The people who work there are happy, healthy, creative and stoked to be doing what they’re doing. This is by far my favourite class.

Skiing for me is freedom, and so it’s my education. It’s about being creative, doing things differently. It’s about community and helping each other. It’s about being happy and healthy among my very best friends. So I’m starting to think I know what I might want to do when I grow up: I want to be happy.

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Hackear la escuela me hace feliz | Logan LaPlante

La típica pregunta de adultos a niños: ¿Qué quieres ser cuando seas grande? Quiero ser feliz. Quiero continuar siendo feliz, como lo soy ahora.

Cuando los adultos le hacen esa pregunta a los niños asumen que automáticamente el niño  serás feliz y saludable. Sin embargo, el aprendizaje de cómo ser feliz y saludable no es una prioridad en nuestras escuelas. Está separado de las escuelas y, para algunos niños, este concepto y realidad no existen en absoluto. Pero, ¿y si no lo hiciéramos separado? ¿Qué pasa si basamos la educación en el estudio y la práctica de ser felices y saludables? Porque eso es lo que es, una práctica.

La educación es importante, pero ¿por qué ser feliz y saludable no se considera educación?

El Dr. Roger Walsh estudió la ciencia de ser feliz, y propone que la felicidad se reduce a la práctica de estas 8 cosas: EJERCICIO - DIETA / NUTRICIÓN - TIEMPO EN LA NATURALEZA - CONTRIBUCIÓN / SERVICIO - RELACIONES - RECREACIÓN - RELAJACIÓN / MANEJO DEL ESTRÉS - PARTICIPACIÓN ESPIRITUAL.

Gran parte de la educación está orientada a “ganarse la vida” en lugar de “hacer una vida”.

Mi madre se sintió segura de sacarme de la escuela tradicional para probar algo diferente. Soy parte de esta revolución pequeña pero creciente de niños que están siendo educados de manera diferente. Y eso incomoda a mucha gente. Pero estoy agradecido de que mis padres no cedieron a la presión social, y ellos también están convencidos que hicieron lo correcto.

Los hackers son innovadores, personas que desafían y cambian los sistemas para hacerlos de manera diferente, para que funcionen mejor. Tienen esa mentalidad, esa forma de pensar. Estamos creciendo en un mundo que necesita más gente con la mentalidad de los hackers, y no solo para la tecnología. ¡Todo está para ser pirateado! Incluso la educación. TENER LA MENTALIDAD HACKER PUEDE CAMBIAR EL MUNDO.

La salud, la felicidad, la creatividad y la mentalidad de los hackers son una gran parte de mi educación. Yo lo llamo "hackear-la-escuela".

No uso ningún plan de estudios en particular, ni ningún enfoque particular. Yo HACKEO MI EDUCACIÓN. Aprovecho las oportunidades que brinda mi comunidad y mi red de amigos y familiares. Aprovecho las oportunidades para experimentar lo que estoy aprendiendo. Y no tengo miedo de buscar atajos o “hacks” para obtener resultados mejores y más rápidos. Es como un remix o mezcla de aprendizaje. Es flexible, oportunista y nunca pierde de vista que felicidad, salud y creatividad sean una prioridad.

Es una forma de pensar, no un sistema. Esa es la razón por la cual las técnicas de hackear-la-escuela pueden ser utilizadas por cualquier persona, incluso pueden ser usadas en escuelas tradicionales.

¿Cómo se ve mi escuela? Estudio mucha Matemáticas, Ciencias, Historia y escritura. Me gusta escribir a través de mis experiencias y mis intereses y conectarme con excelentes oradores de todo el país, lo que despertó mi amor por la escritura. (No como en la escuela, donde tenía que escribir sobre cosas que no me interesaban). Descubrí que se esté motivado por aprender algo, uno puede hacer mucho en un corto período de tiempo, y por su cuenta.

Hackear la física es divertido! Aprendemos todo sobre Newton y Galileo, y experimentamos algunos conceptos básicos de física como la energía cinética a través de experimentar y cometer errores. Un péndulo de Newton gigante hecho con bochas. Participamos en el “Curso de Cuerdas de Project Discovery”, fue increíble y un poco estresante. Cuando estés a 60 pies del suelo, debes aprender a manejar tus miedos, comunicarte con claridad y confiar en los demás.

Las organizaciones comunitarias juegan un papel importante en mi educación, como el programa "Ser consciente y permanecer seguro en situaciones críticas". Pasamos un día con una patrulla de esquí para aprender más sobre la seguridad en la montaña. Al día siguiente cambiamos a la ciencia de la nieve, el clima y las avalanchas. Además, aprendimos que tomar una mala decisión puede poner a uno y a sus amigos en riesgo.

El grupo "Young Chautaqua" trae la historia a la vida. Allí estudias un personaje relevante en la historia, y luego te paras en un escenario para actuar como ese personaje, y responder a cualquier pregunta sobre su vida.

El tiempo en la naturaleza es realmente importante para mí. Es tranquilo, silencioso, y puedo desconectarme de la realidad. Paso un día a la semana afuera todo el día. En mis clases de Fox Walker, aprendemos a escuchar la naturaleza, a sentir nuestro entorno. Así obtuve una conexión espiritual con la naturaleza. La mejor parte es que podemos hacer lanzas, arcos y flechas, y refugios de supervivencia para las noches nevadas cuando acampamos.

Pasar el rato en The Moment Factory, donde hacen esquís a mano y diseñan la ropa, me ha inspirado para algún día tener mi propio negocio. Los chicos de la fábrica me han enseñado por qué necesito ser bueno en matemáticas, ser creativo y ser bueno en costura. Siguiendo el consejo, conseguí una pasantía en Bigtruck Brand, para mejorar en diseño y costura. Las personas que trabajan allí son felices, sanas, creativas y les encanta hacer lo que están haciendo. Esta es, sin dudas, mi clase favorita.

Esquiar para mí es libertad, al igual que lo es mi educación. Se trata de ser creativo, hacer las cosas de manera diferente. Se trata de vivie en comunidad y ayudarse unos a otros. Se trata de ser feliz y saludable entre mis amigos. Así que estoy empezando a pensar que sé lo que podría querer hacer cuando sea grande: y es que quiero ser feliz.

[foxxcroft]

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

[outliergab]

Hackschooling the future of education.

[heroesacademy-blog]

Deep Learning and Discovery (Year 1, Week 7)

As we enter session 2, many new and exciting changes await the heroes. A new studio layout, new quests (projects), new freedoms, new hero buck store items, and new challenges. While session 1 focused on building the tribe, with all it’s processes and systems, session 2 will focus on deep learning and discovery.

Newest Quest

After watching an inspiring video about interesting buildings, the heroes were introduced to their first quest of the year. For this quest the heroes will be in the shoes of architects with the challenge of designing the future Heroes Academy building.

Throughout the week the heroes have undertaken a series of challenges including a campus hunt and blueprint challenge to investigate the way the current building has been designed. They were also challenged with exploring measurement and scale problems in order to prepare for creating their own blueprints next week.

With it’s in depth, real world application, this quest will bring many opportunities to learn to be and learn to do. A few examples being:

Real world math 

Project Management

Creativity

Teamwork

Scaled model building

Craftsmanship

Following codes and regulation

Reading and deciphering blueprints

Research

The energy is high and heroes are engaged, getting ready to exhibit each step of the process (research, design, and construct) in their end of session exhibition. They look forward to industry leaders coming and judging their work at the end of the session.

Studio Hacker Quest

For the younger, nesting heroes, the week started with an inspiring TED talk by Logan LaPlante, who takes you on his journey of quitting traditional education and beginning his “hackschooling.” Much like Heroes Academy, Logan spends his days looking for innovative ways to learn real world skills that will help him on his own journey. 

The heroes were then introduced to the “Studio Hacker” mini-quest. Based on the concept of “hacking” as an unusual, creative or innovative way to get something done, nesting heroes will complete a range of “hack challenges” that will help them to operate fully in the studio. The hacks include challenges such as how to copy and paste text, how to use a text to speech website, and how to create and share google docs. This mini-quest will flow into new discovery based projects for younger heroes.

Introducing SOLE

Sugata Mitra won the 2013 TED prize with his “Hole in the Wall” experiments and an incredible TED talk to show his findings. We recommend everyone, especially Heroes Academy parents, watch this video: https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud

Based on the idea of challenging students with big questions and letting them explore, this week we introduced our first official SOLE (Self Organized Learning Environment).

The question this week was: Which insect is most dangerous to humans? 

The heroes enjoyed researching the question in teams and exploring different theories and ideas. This provided the basis for a powerful discussion. There was high energy and debate on if the Black Scorpion or Anopheles Mosquito was most dangerous. Each side had strong arguments and provided evidence to support their position.

Writer’s Workshop

Tuesday was also an introduction to a key element of writing at Heroes Academy: Writer’s Workshop. Writer’s Workshops are part of every session and will help the heroes to learn to love writing and become highly proficient writers.

This session, the focus is creative writing based on prompts. The heroes go through the drafting, peer revision and publishing stages of writing, with each hero having a piece published on this blog by the end of Session 2.

It was wonderful to see the creativity and imagination behind their writing as they formed their stories. The following is this week’s prompt:

“Hello”, said a voice on the phone, “my name is ______________. I know you never expected a call from me, as famous as I am, but i have been given your name as someone who can help me______________.

Paper Airplane Competition

The schedule for Thursday morning involved a combination of a team challenge and an outdoor experience with our first Heroes Academy paper airplane competition! In two teams, heroes had 20 minutes to research designs and create 5 airplane designs to trial.

Once outside, each team tried their designs and chose which airplane to use in the final competition. Both decided on different designs and after a very close competition, Team 2 (Caden, Kai, Canyon and Arturius) won with a throw of 29ft 8in!

In Summary

While many of the processes and systems introduced last session, like core skills, are running smoothly, new challenges are accompanied by resistance and trial and error. Many heroes are recognizing the new challenges both challenging and exciting. Some are having struggles working with a long term partner, others working on a long term project. Some are feeling the frustration and struggle that comes with writer’s block, or tasks just outside their challenge zone.

Following the struggles, however, are several moments of individual or group celebration as challenges are overcome and new learnings unfold. The perfect formula for a hero’s journey.

[zehrazeynepsenturk]

Kinda mindfullness//

There is something extraordinary happening in the world

Most of us haven’t quite realized there is something extraordinary happening.

A few months ago I freed myself from standard-procedure society, I broke the chains of fear that kept me locked up into the system. Since then, I see the world from a different perspective: the one that everything is going through change and that most of us are unware of that.

Why is the world changing? In this post I’ll point out the 8 reasons that lead me to believe it.

1- No one can stand the employment model any longer

We are reaching our limits. People working with big corporations can’t stand their jobs. The lack of purpose knocks on your door as if it came from inside you like a yell of despair.

People want out. They want to drop everything. Take a look on how many people are willing to risk entrepreneurship, people leaving on sabbaticals, people with work-related depression, people in burnout.

2- The entrepreneurship model is also changing

Over the past few years, with the explosion of startups, thousands of entrepreneurs turned their garages in offices to bring their billion dollar ideas to life. The vortex of entrepreneurship was to find an investor and get funded. To be funded was like winning the World Cup, or the Super Bowl.

But what happens after you get funded?

You get back to being an employee. You may have brought in people not sharing your dream, not in agreement with your purpose and soon it’s all about the money. The financial end becomes the main driver of your business.

People are suffering with it. Excellent startups began to tumble because the money seeking model is endless.

A new way to endeavor is needed. Good people are doing it already.

3- The rise of collaboration

Many people have figured out that it doesn’t make any sense to go on by yourself. Many people have awakened from the “each man for himself” mad mentality.

Stop, take a step back and think. Isn’t it absurd that we, 7 billion of us living in the same planet, have grown further apart from each other? What sense does it make to turn your back on the thousands, maybe millions, of people living around you in the same city? Every time it crosses my mind, I feel blue.

Fortunately, things are changing. Sharing, collaborative economy concepts are being implemented, and it points towards a new direction. The direction of collaborating, of sharing, of helping, of togetherness.

This is beautiful to watch. It touches me.

4- We are finally figuring out what the internet is

The internet is an incredibly spectacular thing and only now, after so many years, we are understanding its power. With the internet the world is opened, the barriers fall, the separation ends, the togetherness starts, the collaboration explodes, the helping emerges.

Some nations saw true revolutions that used the internet as the primary catalyst, such as the Arab Spring. Here in Brazil we are just starting to make a better use out of this amazing tool.

Internet is taking down mass control. The big media groups controlling news by how it suits best what they want the message to be and what they want us to read are no longer the sole owners of information. You go after what you want. You bond to whomever you want. You explore whatever you may want to.

With the advent of the internet, the small is no longer speechless, there is a voice. The anonymous become acknowledged. The world comes together. And then the system may fall.

5- The fall of exaggerated consumerism

For too long, we’ve been manipulated to consume as much as we possibly can. To buy every new product launched, the newest car, the latest iPhone, the top brands, lots of clothes, shoes, lots and lots and lots of pretty much anything we could our hands on.

Going against the crowd, many people have understood that this of way off. Lowsumerism, slow life and slow food are a few excerpts of actions being taken as we speak, pointing out by contradiction how absurdly we have come to organize ourselves.

Fewer people are using cars, fewer people are overspending, and more people are swapping clothes, buying used goods, sharing assets, cars, apartments, offices.

We don’t need all of that they told us we needed. And this consciousness of new consumerism can take down any company living of the exaggerated end of it.

6- Healthy and organic eating

We were so crazy we even accepted eating anything! It only needed to taste good, and everything would be alright.

We were so disconnected that companies started to poison our food and we didn’t say anything!

But then some people started waking up, enabling and strengthening healthy and organic eating.

This is only to get stronger.

But what has this got to do with economy and work? Just about everything, I’d say.

Food production is one of the basic fundamentals of our society. If we change our mindset, our eating habit and our way of consuming, corporations will have to respond and adapt to a new market.

The small farmer is getting back to being relevant to the whole chain of production. Even people are growing plants and seeds inside their homes as well.

And that reshapes the whole economy.

7 — The awakening of spirituality

How many friends do you have who practice yoga? What about meditation? Now think back, 10 years ago, how many people did you know by then who practiced these activities?

Spirituality, for too long, was for esoteric folks, those weird-like and mystic people.

But fortunately, this is also changing. We’ve come to the edge of reason and rationality. We were able to realize that, with only our conscious mind, we can’t figure out everything that goes by here. There is something else going on and I’m sure you want to get hold of that as well.

You want to understand how these things work. How life operates, what happens after death, what is this energy thing people talk about so much, what is quantum physics, how thoughts can be materialized and create our sense of reality, what is coincidence and synchronicity, why meditation works, how it’s possible to cure using nothing but bare hands, how those alternative therapies not approved by regular medicine can actually work.

Companies are providing meditation to their employees. Even schools are teaching the young how to meditate. Think about it.

8 — Unschooling trends

Who created this teaching model? Who chose the classes you have to take? Who chose the lessons we learn in history classes? Why didn’t they teach us the truth about other ancient civilizations?

Why should kids follow a certain set of rules? Why should they watch everything in silence? Why should they wear a uniform? What about taking a test to prove that you actually learned?

We developed a model that perpetuates and replicates followers of the system. That breed people into ordinary human beings.

Fortunately, a lot of people are working to rethink that though concepts such as unschooling, hackschooling, homeschooling.

Maybe you’ve never thought of that and even may be in shock. But it’s happening.

Silently, people are being woken up and are realizing how crazy it is to live in this society.

Look at all these new actions and try to think everything is normal we were taught so far is normal. I don’t think it is.

There is something extraordinary happening.

Gustavo Tanaka

https://medium.com/the-global-future-of-work/there-is-something-extraordinary-happening-10492495c715#.c7q3cv39d

[homeschoolbase]

My parents are being really stubborn about schooling, can you guys help? (x-post from /r/unschool)

My parents are being really stubborn about schooling, can you guys help? (x-post from /r/unschool)

I finally convinced my parents to let me homeschool, but it took 2 years. I tried to approach my Mom emphasising the values of unschooling and hackschooling, (if you haven't seen that Ted Talk you need to watch it) explaining how the common curriculum does not work for me. Eventually she got tired of me asking and offered to let me homeschool, under one caveat- I have to use Time4Learning's terrible curriculum to force-feed myself the information that public school is trying to get into kids' heads. She tried to drive the points home that "you need a real education", "I have a degree in education, I know what's right for you", and my least favorite, "Washington State law says I have to provide a transcript". Now I'm signed up for the curriculum and I hate it. It teaches the subjects even worse and far cheesier than public school, it tries to emulate a real school environment with no success (making it not useful for even people who wanted to go the "public school at home" route), and it downright depletes my time. I still try to pursue what I love and what I'm interested in, but public school and Time4Learning have depleted my curiosity in the topics that they have tried to "teach" me. I want to learn those things, but they don't make it appealing at all. If you check my history at all, you can tell I'm very active in /r/3dshacks. I'm a PC game developer and I'm getting into 3DS homebrew. Technology is my thing. I'm into homebrew development and I'm teaching myself programming in multiple languages on multiple CPU architectures. But what I'm learning isn't being taught by "the curriculum" or the public school, so my Mom and Dad don't see it as a good use of time. They see it in the same light as watching TV all day. Instead they ask "did you do your folders for the day?" and it pisses me off each and every time. I hate waking up in the morning and getting ready for my day but have the curriculum up in my face. I can't do anything until my folders for the day are done. And, my parents have established a "no video games until 2:00pm" rule, basically barring me from my interests until I finish both a full school's day of work and wait around until public school gets out, because they see my interests in the same light as video gaming all day, since I like specifically messing around in the gaming and programming aspects. I don't know how to convey this to my parents since they try to shut me down once I start talking about stuff they don't want to hear. I think their strict rules around education also have something to do with me being autistic, and therefore you have to be extra careful with me or else I would irreparably break and never be able to learn again (sarcasm note goes here in the case that my snarkiness doesn't communicate itself immediately). Or it could be them thinking they know more about me and my needs than I do. I don't know. Awkward ending goes here.

[libertarianhumanitarian]

Hackschooling Makes Me Happy

This 13 year old gives one of the best TED talks I've ever watched!

[outliergab]

Avoiding this at all cost. Unschooling or hackschooling the future of education. With internet and technology, why do people still feel it is best to learn in the four corners of the school? Gab, remain creative and happy.

[theartofrec]

"Hackschooling Makes Me Happy" by 13 year-old Logan LaPlante