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Dale J. Stephens left school at twelve to become an unschooler, the self-directed branch of homeschoolers. He has appeared at TED 2012; on news outlets including CNN, ABC, and NPR; and in New York Magazine and Forbes. His writing has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fast mehr anzeigen Company. Dale founded UnCollege.org in 2011. weniger anzeigen
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I can't say that I agree with every suggestion Stephens makes in this book. Cold calling influential people you don't know to ask them to get you into a conference that has already started, for example, is a strategy that ought to be handled carefully, if it isn't just an outright really bad idea.
But what I really like about Stephens's short book is how it reveals the absurdity of blindly handing your education over to institutions that may not be capable of preparing you for your particular career and life path, even if you'e lucky enough to find a school that is actually interested in preparing you for life.
Stephens's path--which involved dropping out of school at age twelve, and again dropping out of college--is not for everyone, but all young people should be as strategic in planning their own education. Even if this means (gasp!) passing on college.… (mehr)
But what I really like about Stephens's short book is how it reveals the absurdity of blindly handing your education over to institutions that may not be capable of preparing you for your particular career and life path, even if you'e lucky enough to find a school that is actually interested in preparing you for life.
Stephens's path--which involved dropping out of school at age twelve, and again dropping out of college--is not for everyone, but all young people should be as strategic in planning their own education. Even if this means (gasp!) passing on college.… (mehr)
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But what I really like about Stephens's short book is how it reveals the absurdity of blindly handing your education over to institutions that may not be capable of preparing you for your particular career and life path, even if you'e lucky enough to find a school that is actually interested in preparing you for life.
Stephens's path--which involved dropping out of school at age twelve, and again dropping out of college--is not for everyone, but all young people should be as strategic in planning their own education. Even if this means (gasp!) passing on college.… (mehr)