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The Teenage Liberation Handbook
How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
by Grace Llewellyn
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| For everyone who has ever gone to school or is interested in the current national debate over educational reforms, but it is especially relevant for teenagers and the parents or caregivers of teens.
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Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you;
you
must acquire it.
~ Sudie Back
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Curiosity is the first step in learning. To understand a subject well, one must first have an interest in that subject, questions that need answering, and a desire to know more. True learning does not occur when curiosity is absent.
It is my goal here to provide articles and resources that will aid you in your journey of learning, whether you are a home educator, a homeschooler, or simply desirous of furthering your own education in some way.
I hope what you find here will only intensify your curiosity and lead you to learn more!
~ Karen
February Highlights!
- Be sure to read the Colleges That Change Lives book review by Karen Gibson. The CTCL Fall Tour dates have been announced; check the LeapingFromTheBox.com Blog for a link to the tour schedule! If you have a child headed off to college sometime in the near (or even not so near) future, these CTCL sessions are very informative.
December Highlights!
November Highlights!
October Highlights!
September Highlights!
- LeapingFromTheBox.com is happy to welcome a new sponsor, MidWest Homeschool Convention. If you live in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee or Illinois and would be interested in learning more about the MidWest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, check out their display ad on any of those state pages.
- Updated content and checked links on the Arizona, Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Curriculum, Utah, Travel / Geography / Military, Georgia, Vermont and New Hampshire pages in the Elist Directory section.
- Added several new Teen Groups to the Alabama Homeschool Support Groups pages. Check them out to see if there is a teen group in your area!
- Several new ant questions have been answered by the Consult-Ant!
- Continuing to contact the church school administrators whose Alabama Church Schools are included here and making requested updates.
August Highlights!
July Highlights!
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The Unschooling Handbook
How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith
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| Unschooling, a homeschooling method based on the belief that kids learn best when allowed to pursue their natural curiosities and interests, is practiced by 10 to 15 percent of the estimated 1.5 million homeschoolers in the United States.
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A Patchwork of Days
Share a Day with 30 Homeschooling Families
Nancy Lande
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| What better way to create your homeschool than reading about others and picking and choosing the styles that appeal to you? Lande has corralled a variety of homeschoolers and, with some deft editing, allowed them to speak for themselves.
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Dumbing Us Down
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto
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| In this tenth-anniversary edition, Gatto updates his theories on how the U.S. educational system cranks out students the way Detroit cranks out Buicks. He contends that students are more programmed to conform to economic and social norms rather than really taught to think.
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