Want to keep up with Unschoolers on Twitter? Little Blue School just did a post on homeschoolers on Twitter, but Unschoolers seemed to be missing, or at least hidden in the list. So I thought I’d make my own list of Unschoolers I know on Twitter. There are probably others not listed here. Let me know if there are more names that I am missing!
Unschoolers on Twitter (*now alphabetized*):
@adversarian Nerdy teen, homeschooler, photographer, writer.
@aenclade unschooling mom, progressive parent, far out thinker, non conformist, foodie, lover, inventor, …

I’ve heard this too many times, that kids need to be bullied to learn to deal with difficult people.  That’s bullsh!t.  I have yet to meet one parent who has actively introduced bullies to their children.  If it’s that important, I think it would be a factor when people choose a school. ‘I can’t send my kid to XYZ School – there just aren’t enough bullies!’  Schools can be rated on how likely a child is to be bullied and all these parents who are so concerned about learning to …

Zen Habits has a great post today called Cut the Cubicle Umbilical Cord: The Seven Traits of the Free Man.  As someone who chafed at employeehood for years and is very happy working for himself, I relate to every trait.  Recently, I keep corrolating unschooling to entrepreneurship.  It’s mostly intuitive, but part of it is my hope that unschooling my children will allow them to follow their hearts and choose to be an employee if it is something that fulfills them, rather than being resigned to it like most.  The …

Take duvet cover, add powerful fan. I’m not sure where this idea was born, but who cares? It’s cool!

Add every single stuffed animal in the house. We shipped almost all of their stuffed animals down, plus most of their toys. This was to make their transition easier with familiar things about, but also because they have different needs & priorities. Besides – the stuffed animals were great as packing material in the shipping barrels.

Making faces at the camera is totally genetic, except I started consciously after 6th grade. A high …

If you haven’t read John Taylor Gatto’s The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher, do so now. It’s available to read online at the link above.
Gatto is a former 3-time New York City Teacher of the Year.  If you are intrigued by the above link, go out and buy Dumbing Us Down. The 7-Lesson Schoolteacher is a chapter from that book.