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Tag Archives: Peter Thiel
What kind of life do you want?
If your favorite thing in life is to write stories, can you convince yourself to be an accountant? If nothing gives you more pleasure than studying animals, can you dismiss your passion and become a computer scientist? And even if … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Blake Boles, dale stephens, education, frank bruni, homeschooling, learning, life learning, made by hand, mark frauenfelder, matthew crawford, michael ellsberg, NY Times, nytimes op ed, opinion, Peter Thiel, quiet desperation, shop class as soulcraft, song still in them, Thoreau, unschooling
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Critical Mass
Normally I don’t read more than one book at one time. I like to put all my focus on one story or subject and be fully absorbed in it, if possible. However, this Spring (and I’m using that term … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Better Than College, beyond school, Blake Boles, dale stephens, education, euronews, Holt Associates, homeschooling, John Holt, learning, life learning, Life Learning Magazine, michael ellsberg, Peter Thiel, self-directed learning, Seth Godin, spin selling, uncollege, unschooling, wendy priesnitz, zero tuition college
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An alien view of education
Ever wake up and feel like you are a species unto yourself – maybe a visitor from an alien planet? That’s pretty much been my whole week. I wasn’t even going to post tonight, since I’ve got more copy to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged alien planet, bill clinton, dale stephens, danielle laporte, different species, education, Finland, general knowledge, george bush, home planet, huffington post, learning, life learning, lynda resnick, michael ellsberg, Peter Thiel, sean parker, unschooling, vice president, video
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In case you missed it
In case you don’t follow me or Michael Ellsberg on Twitter (shame on you!), here is a video of Sean Parker (Napster, Facebook) and Peter Thiel (Paypal, Thiel Fellowship) discussing higher education with Michael Ellsberg, author of “Education of Millionaires.” … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, education of millionaires, facebook, higher education, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, Napster, paypal, Peter Thiel, sean parker, Thiel Fellowship, twitter, unschooling
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A final quote (maybe) from Michael Ellsberg’s book
This pretty much speaks for itself: Our education system, as it stands, from kindergarten through graduate school, is the opposite of resilience, flexibility, and adaptability. It teaches a narrow set of academic/analytic skills, mostly divorced from the practicalities of life, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged education, education of millionaires, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, Peter Thiel, status quo, Thiel Foundation, unschooling
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Now there’s an idea!
On May 29th, CBS posted an Associated Press article on its’ Moneywatch website with the title, “Tech mogul pays bright minds not to go to college”. The tech mogul is Peter Thiel, one of the co-founders of Paypal. Although he … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged 20 under 20, cbs, education, fellowship, learning, life learning, moneywatch, Nick Cammerata, oz, paypal, Peter Thiel, stanford, unschooling
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