Tag Archives: College

Social life, high school & college

One of the pervasive myths in our society is that high school is the pinnacle of social fun, surpassed only, of course, by college.    I hate it when people talk about the “good old days” when they were 17 … Continue reading

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Michael Ellsburg’s pro-unschooling book (even though he might not know it)

“I typed these words on a computer designed by Apple, co-founded by the college dropout Steve Jobs.  The program I used to write it was created by Microsoft, started by the college dropouts Bill Gates and Paul Allen. And as … Continue reading

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Rethinking our views on education and success

Occupy Wall Street is getting a lot of press in New York and across the country.   Today I was reading through some (many) of the testimonials  on the web site We Are the 99 Percent.   What struck me like a … Continue reading

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An education worth having

In 1968 John Holt wrote, in a letter to A.S. Neill, the founder of the Summerhill school in England: Young people in this country ask me about going to college or staying in college…. I say to [them], “What do … Continue reading

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College degrees are the new high school diplomas?

Bill Gates, college dropout, founder of Microsoft and subsequent billionaire is now spending a ton of his time promoting the idea that every child in our nation needs and should get a 4 year college degree.   This is sort of … Continue reading

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