hi this is a fairness i’ma kornpett um I think my pronunciation of scientific
think my pronunciation of scientific
think my pronunciation of scientific words is not as well as it as it could
words is not as well as it as it could
words is not as well as it as it could be it’s otherwise known as a Texas horny
be it’s otherwise known as a Texas horny
be it’s otherwise known as a Texas horny toad now Texas horny toads are really
toad now Texas horny toads are really
toad now Texas horny toads are really cool one thing that these guys do is
cool one thing that these guys do is
cool one thing that these guys do is that they’re swallowed by a snake they
that they’re swallowed by a snake they
that they’re swallowed by a snake they can actually inflate their bodies Lodge
can actually inflate their bodies Lodge
can actually inflate their bodies Lodge themselves in the throat of the snake
themselves in the throat of the snake
themselves in the throat of the snake until they get coughed up so they can
until they get coughed up so they can
until they get coughed up so they can run and hide under a rock and live to be
run and hide under a rock and live to be
run and hide under a rock and live to be caught by a snake on another day a less
caught by a snake on another day a less
caught by a snake on another day a less well-known fact about these little guys
well-known fact about these little guys
well-known fact about these little guys but equally interesting at least to me
but equally interesting at least to me
but equally interesting at least to me is that they’re distantly related to
is that they’re distantly related to
is that they’re distantly related to dragons and equally difficult to catch
dragons and equally difficult to catch
dragons and equally difficult to catch now how do I know this I know this
now how do I know this I know this
now how do I know this I know this because when I was 9 years old
because when I was 9 years old
because when I was 9 years old I wanted nothing more in the whole world
I wanted nothing more in the whole world
I wanted nothing more in the whole world than to catch a Texas horny toad put it
than to catch a Texas horny toad put it
than to catch a Texas horny toad put it in a box under my bed otherwise known as
in a box under my bed otherwise known as
in a box under my bed otherwise known as a horny toad habitat having been
a horny toad habitat having been
a horny toad habitat having been carefully pre-prepared named it Frankie
carefully pre-prepared named it Frankie
carefully pre-prepared named it Frankie and keep it forever at that point in my
and keep it forever at that point in my
and keep it forever at that point in my life I’d spent approximately seven
life I’d spent approximately seven
life I’d spent approximately seven thousand five hundred and forty-eight
thousand five hundred and forty-eight
thousand five hundred and forty-eight hours running through the desert hunting
hours running through the desert hunting
hours running through the desert hunting the Texas horny toad now that’s
the Texas horny toad now that’s
the Texas horny toad now that’s approximately the same number of hours
approximately the same number of hours
approximately the same number of hours seven thousand five hundred and
seven thousand five hundred and
seven thousand five hundred and forty-eight that most kids will spend in
forty-eight that most kids will spend in
forty-eight that most kids will spend in the classroom before the age of ten so
the classroom before the age of ten so
the classroom before the age of ten so what was I doing with that much time on
what was I doing with that much time on
what was I doing with that much time on my hand eight to ten hours every day to
my hand eight to ten hours every day to
my hand eight to ten hours every day to sort of run through the desert
sort of run through the desert
sort of run through the desert unsupervised I and my five younger
unsupervised I and my five younger
unsupervised I and my five younger siblings were being unschooled by my
siblings were being unschooled by my
siblings were being unschooled by my mother a teacher and also a social
mother a teacher and also a social
mother a teacher and also a social anarchist with a penchant for the
anarchist with a penchant for the
anarchist with a penchant for the unstructured we were being unschooled
unstructured we were being unschooled
unstructured we were being unschooled now really quick what is unschooling
now really quick what is unschooling
now really quick what is unschooling because everybody’s heard of crazy home
because everybody’s heard of crazy home
because everybody’s heard of crazy home schoolers most of us have heard of
schoolers most of us have heard of
schoolers most of us have heard of Montessori schools Waldorf schools
Montessori schools Waldorf schools
Montessori schools Waldorf schools charter schools music schools and art
charter schools music schools and art
charter schools music schools and art schools
schools
schools unschooling is the idea that if you
unschooling is the idea that if you
unschooling is the idea that if you create an environment in which people
create an environment in which people
create an environment in which people can learn they will the role of the
can learn they will the role of the
can learn they will the role of the educator in
educator in
educator in schooled situation is simply to give
schooled situation is simply to give
schooled situation is simply to give people space and as pat for anga an
people space and as pat for anga an
people space and as pat for anga an author home school and unschooling
author home school and unschooling
author home school and unschooling advocate an educator once stated
advocate an educator once stated
advocate an educator once stated unschooling is parents giving kids as
unschooling is parents giving kids as
unschooling is parents giving kids as much freedom to explore on their own as
much freedom to explore on their own as
much freedom to explore on their own as those parents can comfortably bear
those parents can comfortably bear
those parents can comfortably bear according to wikipedia unschooling is
according to wikipedia unschooling is
according to wikipedia unschooling is the chruch is as we all know the source
the chruch is as we all know the source
the chruch is as we all know the source of all information in the world although
of all information in the world although
of all information in the world although there’s a gender bias there that we
there’s a gender bias there that we
there’s a gender bias there that we might need to work on noonim
might need to work on noonim
might need to work on noonim unschooling is the creation of an
unschooling is the creation of an
unschooling is the creation of an environment where the people being
environment where the people being
environment where the people being educated decide what to learn and how to
educated decide what to learn and how to
educated decide what to learn and how to go about learning it that means within a
go about learning it that means within a
go about learning it that means within a nun schooling space the goal is not to
nun schooling space the goal is not to
nun schooling space the goal is not to sort of prescribe what happens at what
sort of prescribe what happens at what
sort of prescribe what happens at what level but to be ready to offer resources
level but to be ready to offer resources
level but to be ready to offer resources time and opportunity for kids or adults
time and opportunity for kids or adults
time and opportunity for kids or adults because unschooling shouldn’t end when
because unschooling shouldn’t end when
because unschooling shouldn’t end when you turn 18 who are ready to learn sort
you turn 18 who are ready to learn sort
you turn 18 who are ready to learn sort of the next best step most of my
of the next best step most of my
of the next best step most of my childhood was filled with museum visits
childhood was filled with museum visits
childhood was filled with museum visits if we decided we were into dinosaurs all
if we decided we were into dinosaurs all
if we decided we were into dinosaurs all of a sudden our house was full of books
of a sudden our house was full of books
of a sudden our house was full of books on dinosaurs if everybody wanted to know
on dinosaurs if everybody wanted to know
on dinosaurs if everybody wanted to know what happened to the last Romanov
what happened to the last Romanov
what happened to the last Romanov princess then my poor mom had to sit
princess then my poor mom had to sit
princess then my poor mom had to sit through a bunch of history on Russian
through a bunch of history on Russian
through a bunch of history on Russian literature and the Revolution which is
literature and the Revolution which is
literature and the Revolution which is something that she did very willingly
something that she did very willingly
something that she did very willingly according to Ken Robinson his TED talk
according to Ken Robinson his TED talk
according to Ken Robinson his TED talk schools kill creativity the answer for
schools kill creativity the answer for
schools kill creativity the answer for education today is not to standardized
education today is not to standardized
education today is not to standardized education but to personalize and
education but to personalize and
education but to personalize and customize it to the needs of each child
customize it to the needs of each child
customize it to the needs of each child and community there is no alternative
and community there is no alternative
and community there is no alternative and there never was but now that we’ve
and there never was but now that we’ve
and there never was but now that we’ve defined unschooling just a little bit
defined unschooling just a little bit
defined unschooling just a little bit what happens to kids who grow up in
what happens to kids who grow up in
what happens to kids who grow up in unschooling environments I wrote some
unschooling environments I wrote some
unschooling environments I wrote some stats on my hands because I’m really
stats on my hands because I’m really
stats on my hands because I’m really really bad at remembering stats but
really bad at remembering stats but
really bad at remembering stats but first before the stats i’ve got some
first before the stats i’ve got some
first before the stats i’ve got some anecdotes so I told you I have five
anecdotes so I told you I have five
anecdotes so I told you I have five younger siblings which is a fairly large
younger siblings which is a fairly large
younger siblings which is a fairly large family by sort of British standards
family by sort of British standards
family by sort of British standards there’s six of us and I’d like to say
there’s six of us and I’d like to say
there’s six of us and I’d like to say that we turned out more or less okay I’m
that we turned out more or less okay I’m
that we turned out more or less okay I’m doing a PhD here at Cambridge I’ve got a
doing a PhD here at Cambridge I’ve got a
doing a PhD here at Cambridge I’ve got a brother who’s a filmmaker and wedding
brother who’s a filmmaker and wedding
brother who’s a filmmaker and wedding videographer another one who’s worked at
videographer another one who’s worked at
videographer another one who’s worked at startups as a software engineer his
startups as a software engineer his
startups as a software engineer his entire career my sisters or one of them
entire career my sisters or one of them
entire career my sisters or one of them is still in university education
is still in university education
is still in university education she’s just 21 another one is a
she’s just 21 another one is a
she’s just 21 another one is a professional structural fire fighter and
professional structural fire fighter and
professional structural fire fighter and another is a music teacher and
another is a music teacher and
another is a music teacher and songwriter I like to think we’ve sort of
songwriter I like to think we’ve sort of
songwriter I like to think we’ve sort of done okay for ourselves
done okay for ourselves
done okay for ourselves but I also know that I’m in a room full
but I also know that I’m in a room full
but I also know that I’m in a room full of people who potentially include
of people who potentially include
of people who potentially include researchers educators yourselves
researchers educators yourselves
researchers educators yourselves academics or people like me who are sort
academics or people like me who are sort
academics or people like me who are sort of want to be academics kind of someday
of want to be academics kind of someday
of want to be academics kind of someday maybe and anecdotes are not necessarily
maybe and anecdotes are not necessarily
maybe and anecdotes are not necessarily good enough on their own so today if you
good enough on their own so today if you
good enough on their own so today if you go to the United States about ten
go to the United States about ten
go to the United States about ten percent of kids are being homeschooled
percent of kids are being homeschooled
percent of kids are being homeschooled that’s about one point seven seven
that’s about one point seven seven
that’s about one point seven seven million kids give or take of that less
million kids give or take of that less
million kids give or take of that less than 1/2 of 1% are being unschooled when
than 1/2 of 1% are being unschooled when
than 1/2 of 1% are being unschooled when I was unschooled in the late 1980s in
I was unschooled in the late 1980s in
I was unschooled in the late 1980s in the early 1990s it was less than
the early 1990s it was less than
the early 1990s it was less than one-half of one percent of kids who were
one-half of one percent of kids who were
one-half of one percent of kids who were being homeschooled then were being
being homeschooled then were being
being homeschooled then were being unschooled so my mother and educators
unschooled so my mother and educators
unschooled so my mother and educators like her were very much striking out
like her were very much striking out
like her were very much striking out into the dark they had ideas about what
into the dark they had ideas about what
into the dark they had ideas about what education should be but they didn’t
education should be but they didn’t
education should be but they didn’t necessarily know how it was going to
necessarily know how it was going to
necessarily know how it was going to turn out they were taking a pretty big
turn out they were taking a pretty big
turn out they were taking a pretty big risk and embracing a pretty big
risk and embracing a pretty big
risk and embracing a pretty big challenge today Peter Gray who’s a
challenge today Peter Gray who’s a
challenge today Peter Gray who’s a researcher at Boston University has been
researcher at Boston University has been
researcher at Boston University has been able to go back and look at some
able to go back and look at some
able to go back and look at some outcomes for some unschooled kids he
outcomes for some unschooled kids he
outcomes for some unschooled kids he identified 75 people between the ages of
identified 75 people between the ages of
identified 75 people between the ages of 21 and 45 who were unschooled as kids
21 and 45 who were unschooled as kids
21 and 45 who were unschooled as kids and who were living in the Boston
and who were living in the Boston
and who were living in the Boston Greater Metro area today and he found
Greater Metro area today and he found
Greater Metro area today and he found some really interesting things he
some really interesting things he
some really interesting things he discovered that 83% of that cohort had
discovered that 83% of that cohort had
discovered that 83% of that cohort had been able to have complete some level of
been able to have complete some level of
been able to have complete some level of university education most of them had
university education most of them had
university education most of them had started university education at the ages
started university education at the ages
started university education at the ages of 15 or 16 as the resources available
of 15 or 16 as the resources available
of 15 or 16 as the resources available to them at home had dwindled in
to them at home had dwindled in
to them at home had dwindled in comparison to what they wanted to learn
comparison to what they wanted to learn
comparison to what they wanted to learn and they needed to branch out to sort of
and they needed to branch out to sort of
and they needed to branch out to sort of get into the fields that they were
get into the fields that they were
get into the fields that they were really fascinated by 80% of those people
really fascinated by 80% of those people
really fascinated by 80% of those people worked in creative fields there were
worked in creative fields there were
worked in creative fields there were people who are looking for challenges
people who are looking for challenges
people who are looking for challenges things that they could do that would
things that they could do that would
things that they could do that would always have them sort of on the edge of
always have them sort of on the edge of
always have them sort of on the edge of what was upcoming and what was next more
what was upcoming and what was next more
what was upcoming and what was next more than 40% of them worked in STEM fields
than 40% of them worked in STEM fields
than 40% of them worked in STEM fields at some point in their career and 50% of
at some point in their career and 50% of
at some point in their career and 50% of them were entrepreneurs of some kind
them were entrepreneurs of some kind
them were entrepreneurs of some kind having started a business or
having started a business or
having started a business or not-for-profit at some point in their
not-for-profit at some point in their
not-for-profit at some point in their professional lives and a hundred percent
professional lives and a hundred percent
professional lives and a hundred percent of them said that they would seek out
of them said that they would seek out
of them said that they would seek out creative and meaningful work over
creative and meaningful work over
creative and meaningful work over ambition driven her salary driven work
ambition driven her salary driven work
ambition driven her salary driven work because what fulfilled them was the
because what fulfilled them was the
because what fulfilled them was the ability to create creative environments
ability to create creative environments
ability to create creative environments and solve problems not just for
and solve problems not just for
and solve problems not just for themselves but also for the people that
themselves but also for the people that
themselves but also for the people that they worked with
they worked with
they worked with so just a backpedal a little bit I know
so just a backpedal a little bit I know
so just a backpedal a little bit I know I’m in a room full of people who were
I’m in a room full of people who were
I’m in a room full of people who were educated by good teachers in good
educated by good teachers in good
educated by good teachers in good schools doing the best that they could
schools doing the best that they could
schools doing the best that they could to give people really good education
to give people really good education
to give people really good education my mom is today a teacher working with
my mom is today a teacher working with
my mom is today a teacher working with special-needs kids in Western Oregon
special-needs kids in Western Oregon
special-needs kids in Western Oregon she’s taken her her penchant for
she’s taken her her penchant for
she’s taken her her penchant for educating us and sort of continued her
educating us and sort of continued her
educating us and sort of continued her career as her kids have gotten to a
career as her kids have gotten to a
career as her kids have gotten to a point where we don’t necessarily need
point where we don’t necessarily need
point where we don’t necessarily need somebody to tell us is it time to sort
somebody to tell us is it time to sort
somebody to tell us is it time to sort of get up and look for something
of get up and look for something
of get up and look for something interesting and I’m not saying that
interesting and I’m not saying that
interesting and I’m not saying that education or schools are bad I’m just
education or schools are bad I’m just
education or schools are bad I’m just saying that it’s an old system from an
saying that it’s an old system from an
saying that it’s an old system from an old world and we’re facing new kinds of
old world and we’re facing new kinds of
old world and we’re facing new kinds of challenges structured education the way
challenges structured education the way
challenges structured education the way that we think of it today where you go
that we think of it today where you go
that we think of it today where you go to a classroom and it’s compulsory to be
to a classroom and it’s compulsory to be
to a classroom and it’s compulsory to be there five days a week more or less
there five days a week more or less
there five days a week more or less eight hours a day
eight hours a day
eight hours a day first started around 1788 in Prussia
first started around 1788 in Prussia
first started around 1788 in Prussia schools had been around for about a
schools had been around for about a
schools had been around for about a hundred years before that but within the
hundred years before that but within the
hundred years before that but within the first century after compulsory education
first century after compulsory education
first century after compulsory education becoming legalized almost all schools in
becoming legalized almost all schools in
becoming legalized almost all schools in Europe and across the United States
Europe and across the United States
Europe and across the United States education was compulsory at least
education was compulsory at least
education was compulsory at least through the grade school level and this
through the grade school level and this
through the grade school level and this was a really good idea people were
was a really good idea people were
was a really good idea people were facing changes that they had never faced
facing changes that they had never faced
facing changes that they had never faced before the Industrial Revolution had
before the Industrial Revolution had
before the Industrial Revolution had made the world a different place in
made the world a different place in
made the world a different place in people’s families were used to rural
people’s families were used to rural
people’s families were used to rural farming populations were moving into
farming populations were moving into
farming populations were moving into cities factories were transforming the
cities factories were transforming the
cities factories were transforming the way that people lived the way that they
way that people lived the way that they
way that people lived the way that they worked the way that they purchased
worked the way that they purchased
worked the way that they purchased things the way that they thought about
things the way that they thought about
things the way that they thought about the world and railroads had taken an
the world and railroads had taken an
the world and railroads had taken an enormous world and made it tiny we
enormous world and made it tiny we
enormous world and made it tiny we needed to take an illiterate population
needed to take an illiterate population
needed to take an illiterate population make them literate we needed to give
make them literate we needed to give
make them literate we needed to give people tools to grapple with problems
people tools to grapple with problems
people tools to grapple with problems that they had never grappled with before
that they had never grappled with before
that they had never grappled with before and structured education was how we did
and structured education was how we did
and structured education was how we did that
that
that and it worked really really well but
and it worked really really well but
and it worked really really well but 2088 is not 1789 and the challenges that
2088 is not 1789 and the challenges that
2088 is not 1789 and the challenges that we’re facing today are really different
we’re facing today are really different
we’re facing today are really different in nature than the challenges that we
in nature than the challenges that we
in nature than the challenges that we used to face we have climate change
used to face we have climate change
used to face we have climate change global warming massive inequality we’re
global warming massive inequality we’re
global warming massive inequality we’re thinking about gender and identity in
thinking about gender and identity in
thinking about gender and identity in ways that we’ve never thought about them
ways that we’ve never thought about them
ways that we’ve never thought about them before and the Internet means that
before and the Internet means that
before and the Internet means that everything moves incredibly quickly we
everything moves incredibly quickly we
everything moves incredibly quickly we need to teach people how to be learning
need to teach people how to be learning
need to teach people how to be learning every single day of their lives not just
every single day of their lives not just
every single day of their lives not just a particular skill set that will carry
a particular skill set that will carry
a particular skill set that will carry them through their lives and unschooling
them through their lives and unschooling
them through their lives and unschooling or not schools or Sudbury model schools
or not schools or Sudbury model schools
or not schools or Sudbury model schools which are set up like on schooling
which are set up like on schooling
which are set up like on schooling except in sort of traditional school
except in sort of traditional school
except in sort of traditional school environments
environments
environments our ways to give people opportunities to
our ways to give people opportunities to
our ways to give people opportunities to think and to learn that might be a
think and to learn that might be a
think and to learn that might be a little bit better suited to a new world
little bit better suited to a new world
little bit better suited to a new world than the tools that we’ve been using in
than the tools that we’ve been using in
than the tools that we’ve been using in traditional educational models and it’s
traditional educational models and it’s
traditional educational models and it’s also an opportunity to give teachers a
also an opportunity to give teachers a
also an opportunity to give teachers a chance to engage with students on a more
chance to engage with students on a more
chance to engage with students on a more one-on-one basis and to think about
one-on-one basis and to think about
one-on-one basis and to think about those educational spaces in ways that
those educational spaces in ways that
those educational spaces in ways that aren’t exhausting draining or that push
aren’t exhausting draining or that push
aren’t exhausting draining or that push them out of the profession now if we
them out of the profession now if we
them out of the profession now if we look at what on school or what
look at what on school or what
look at what on school or what unschooling can do and what unschoolers
unschooling can do and what unschoolers
unschooling can do and what unschoolers become we need people who can think
become we need people who can think
become we need people who can think outside of the box who can continue to
outside of the box who can continue to
outside of the box who can continue to learn their entire adult lives and who
learn their entire adult lives and who
learn their entire adult lives and who will follow each new obsession to
will follow each new obsession to
will follow each new obsession to wherever it takes them and I might have
wherever it takes them and I might have
wherever it takes them and I might have grown up outside of a classroom chasing
grown up outside of a classroom chasing
grown up outside of a classroom chasing horny toads through the desert spending
horny toads through the desert spending
horny toads through the desert spending every single hour of every single day
every single hour of every single day
every single hour of every single day thinking about one little tiny thing at
thinking about one little tiny thing at
thinking about one little tiny thing at a time but I never hated learning and I
a time but I never hated learning and I
a time but I never hated learning and I never hated the idea of school once I
never hated the idea of school once I
never hated the idea of school once I started it because for me
started it because for me
started it because for me as for many unschoolers the world is a
as for many unschoolers the world is a
as for many unschoolers the world is a giant classroom and every day is an
giant classroom and every day is an
giant classroom and every day is an opportunity to learn something new about
opportunity to learn something new about
opportunity to learn something new about a place that is never static and I think
a place that is never static and I think
a place that is never static and I think that’s the kind of gift that we need to
that’s the kind of gift that we need to
that’s the kind of gift that we need to start giving the next generation thank
start giving the next generation thank
start giving the next generation thank you
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