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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.22,0:00:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many parents with families and people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.80,0:00:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planning their families have realized
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.12,0:00:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there are many alternatives to the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.19,0:00:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainstream schooling system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.07,0:00:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it be homeschooling, unschooling,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.39,0:00:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waldorf or Montessori, just to name a few
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.66,0:00:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,options, there are so many out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.23,0:00:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today I am going to introduce you to my
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.13,0:00:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friend, Lucy, at Life Without School
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.91,0:00:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she is going to share 6 reasons why
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.69,0:00:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she chooses to unschool her children.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.58,0:00:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here she is...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.56,0:00:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucy: Hi everybody! I'm Lucy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.05,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live in New Zealand in a yurt with my
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 children, Ramona who is 9 and Gina who\Nis 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.93,0:00:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my partner, Tim.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.62,0:00:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the more radical parts of our life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.68,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that we live a life totally without \Nschool.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.00,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we live a life totally without
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any curriculum whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.54,0:00:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people call this unschooling, some
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people call it whole life learning, but
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.64,0:00:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really just living as humans have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.02,0:00:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lived for millennia. Which is learning by
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.74,0:00:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing and learning within your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.22,0:01:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning from those around you. Simply
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.45,0:01:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing rather than sitting behind a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.21,0:01:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desk being taught stuff that you're not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.31,0:01:07.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really that interested in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.76,0:01:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really a paradigm that exists totally
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.80,0:01:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of mainstream education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.35,0:01:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today I wanted to share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.26,0:01:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,6 of the main reasons that we do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.25,0:01:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's actually loads and loads, but
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.11,0:01:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've tried to distill them into 6.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.97,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we became parents, one of the main
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things we wanted to do is to provide an
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.94,0:01:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environment for our children where they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.85,0:01:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could just blossom into who they were
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.39,0:01:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside without any of our molding or
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.58,0:01:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaping of them. I don't really think
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.53,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that is the the job of the parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.46,0:01:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the parents main role is to make
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.29,0:01:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,space for this unique human that has been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.19,0:01:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought into their life. For us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.91,0:01:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unschooling is really an extension of that\Nphilosophy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.73,0:01:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just want to support our children and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.11,0:01:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way they want to learn and what they
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.50,0:01:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to learn. Without them feeling any
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.58,0:01:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to conform to what we expect or what
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.88,0:02:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we think, arbitrarily, they should be \Nlearning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.03,0:02:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the number 1 reason is that we want
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.03,0:02:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our children to be able to learn in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.60,0:02:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is free from shame. So, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.13,0:02:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,85% of adults have had an experience of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.43,0:02:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaming in their school years that so
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.34,0:02:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effected them that it impacts their adult \Nlife.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.99,0:02:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's 85%. \NThat's a huge majority of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.84,0:02:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's because mainstream education
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.13,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uses shame and punishment as a way to get
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.12,0:02:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a massive group of kids learning what
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.29,0:02:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers think is important. Shame can
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.25,0:02:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a pretty catastrophic impact on your
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.01,0:02:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ability to really be yourself. So we
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.39,0:02:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted to provide an environment where
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.46,0:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our kids didn't experience that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.24,0:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when they were learning in a way that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemed pretty random or messy (laughs),
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.45,0:02:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could just make space for that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.43,0:02:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning and how they wanted to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.60,0:02:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think because of the mainstream
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.25,0:02:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education system we've made shame and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.18,0:02:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punishment quite an everyday part of the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.35,0:02:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human experience. We've kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.21,0:02:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,normalized it and that has been done to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.74,0:03:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the detriment of our ability to create a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.19,0:03:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fair, just, and beautiful world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.80,0:03:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, number 2. Unschooling is curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.12,0:03:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,based learning. And we embrace that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.54,0:03:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because all of the studies show that
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.99,0:03:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning that is done where there is self
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.44,0:03:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,motivation, or a kind of seed of curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.21,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one, much more effective for learning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the actual thing that you are trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.38,0:03:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick up, but also activates parts of your
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.72,0:03:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain that makes it easier for you to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.92,0:03:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learn anything that is coming up while
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.60,0:03:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are in that state. Also, thirdly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.74,0:03:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,studies show that curiosity allows
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.70,0:03:38.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning to be stored in your memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.59,0:03:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the learning when you are curious is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.56,0:03:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a long term thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.94,0:03:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can imagine that quite a lot of you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.81,0:03:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching understand that on some level,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.77,0:03:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because how much of your schooling do you
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.74,0:03:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.19,0:03:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, it is very little. I am a writer
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.38,0:03:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I have to google the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.55,0:03:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between noun and adjective (laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.56,0:03:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on quite a regular basis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.09,0:03:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 3rd reason that we are unschoolers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.100,0:04:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because we want to create a learning
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.01,0:04:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environment that's totally stress free.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.91,0:04:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like learning without curiosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.88,0:04:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning in a stressful environment is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.95,0:04:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such a waste of time. Stress has a huge
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.38,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impact on your amygdala, which essentially
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ends up sending information to the wrong
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.72,0:04:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of your brain, not to your higher
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.65,0:04:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brain where you can rationally look at the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.05,0:04:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information and create a learning journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.15,0:04:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it sends it down to the fight or
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.96,0:04:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flight zone when you are in stress, so
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.98,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your brain actually doesn't know what to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do with information when you are in a \Nstressful state.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.79,0:04:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are some statistics about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.58,0:04:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying that 65% of 12 year old school
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.13,0:04:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children are stressed because of their
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.67,0:04:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school environment. Obviously, that has
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.84,0:04:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a massive impact on what they are actually
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.86,0:04:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking in, what information they are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.64,0:04:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually taking in while they are in the \Nclassroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.14,0:04:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also, huge impacts on their mental
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.03,0:04:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,health and their physical health.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.72,0:04:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just think that trying to raise
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.42,0:04:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children in a constantly stressful
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.17,0:04:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environment, because of testing and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.08,0:04:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competition, because of shame and
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.24,0:05:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punishment, is just a super unhealthy \Nthing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.07,0:05:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, a typical day of unschooling might
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.99,0:05:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involve us hanging around here. It often
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.54,0:05:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involves us meeting up with friends and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.86,0:05:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing different unschooling groups and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.37,0:05:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploring the wild. It's always fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.59,0:05:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There might be conflict, but there is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.40,0:05:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,space to figure out the conflicts so it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.26,0:05:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't become a genuinely toxic or
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.12,0:05:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stressful scenario. We're joy seekers
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.53,0:05:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than stressed out learners.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.04,0:05:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,4, we are unschooling because we believe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.94,0:05:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are learning all of the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.23,0:05:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning doesn't begin at 5 and ends
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at 18 when you leave formal education
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.16,0:05:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most parents get this, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.45,0:05:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't try to teach your child to walk
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.12,0:05:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or talk, you just know that they're \Ngoing to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.40,0:05:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick those things up by being in a walky, \Ntalky
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.08,0:05:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of environment. And we just believe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.57,0:05:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that continues on. Nothing needs to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.05,0:05:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change when they turn a certain age.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.22,0:05:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our kids are 7 and 9 now, and they are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.42,0:05:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reading, writing, doing art, creating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.04,0:05:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making things, doing heaps of math,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.04,0:06:01.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like genuine love of math. And they are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.59,0:06:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just doing it by living. There has never
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.08,0:06:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been a sit down, formal class for my\Nchildren.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.48,0:06:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They always just learn through their
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.73,0:06:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience of being human. And, actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.78,0:06:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as adults we do this all the time. If we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.02,0:06:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to learn something new as an adult
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.23,0:06:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will just find a way to access it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.28,0:06:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last few years I have taught myself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.10,0:06:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to play the ukulele, I've taught
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.04,0:06:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,myself how to make electronic digital
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.43,0:06:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,music (laughs). I've built a business.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.50,0:06:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've done absolutely loads of things like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.48,0:06:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving almost into mastery of some of \Nthose things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.50,0:06:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simply by accessing the resources that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.96,0:06:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will help me. Even doctors do this when
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.90,0:06:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get presented with a case that they
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.90,0:06:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't really know what's going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.63,0:06:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might ring some colleagues, they
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.49,0:06:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might look up online, or delve into their
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.59,0:06:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,books in order to get to the bottom this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.53,0:06:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new illness or this new case.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.55,0:06:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is really essentially unschooling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.63,0:06:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's learning through doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.46,0:06:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 5th reason we are unschooling is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.45,0:06:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we just trust our children and we
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.87,0:07:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want them to learn that they can trust
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.10,0:07:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves. Our children know that their
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.05,0:07:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instincts are good, that their urges are
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.27,0:07:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good, that their needs are valuable.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.55,0:07:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas I think mainstream education can
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.42,0:07:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really undermine a child's trust in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.69,0:07:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves. They're told to learn this in
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.76,0:07:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this moment, and then a bell rings and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.65,0:07:19.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're told to switch their mind over to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.79,0:07:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new thing and learn that thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.59,0:07:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're told to mistrust their body's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.43,0:07:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desire to move when it wants to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.22,0:07:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even ask children, through schooling,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.22,0:07:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to trespass on their own boundaries, both
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.31,0:07:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mentally and physically, quite a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.23,0:07:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through mainstream education. And through
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.26,0:07:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unschooling we kind of do the opposite
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.17,0:07:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this. We say, what you are feeling is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.21,0:07:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good, your needs are good, I trust you and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.24,0:07:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can trust yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.20,0:07:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that leads me to the 6th reason
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.96,0:07:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are unschooling and that's all
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.82,0:07:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about world change. When i first began
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.77,0:07:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this whole unschooling thing I just
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.51,0:07:52.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought, ya we're doing this because this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.51,0:07:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what works for our family and this is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.56,0:07:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the path we've been called to. But the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.50,0:07:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more that I'm immersed in this world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.64,0:08:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've actually come to believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:02.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unschooling and other forms of alternative
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.81,0:08:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education are really the embodiment of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.39,0:08:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the just and peaceful, loving world that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.96,0:08:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think is possible. I believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.19,0:08:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainstream education, as it stands, with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.59,0:08:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's shame, punishment, testing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.33,0:08:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,competitive nature...you know, ranking
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.75,0:08:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids against each other...I believe that
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.75,0:08:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like the seedbed of some of society's
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.22,0:08:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most problematic issues. We're coming
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.95,0:08:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into this understanding that we are
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.78,0:08:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually not born competitive.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.72,0:08:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're born cooperative, that's our human
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.30,0:08:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature, I really believe that. I think
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.22,0:08:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the schooling system we pit kids
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.60,0:08:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against each other and that bleeds into
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.12,0:08:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of society. There's almost like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.72,0:08:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a collective societal wound from our
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.21,0:08:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,school days and it makes itself known in
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.64,0:08:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individuals in a different way. So, some
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.61,0:08:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are people pleasers, some people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.14,0:08:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are afraid of authority or afraid to rock
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.64,0:08:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the boat. A lot of people feel that they
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.86,0:08:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are just not intrinsically good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.48,0:08:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people struggle to rest and play.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.86,0:09:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all stuff that we learn through
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.96,0:09:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our schooling years, when we are being
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.06,0:09:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shunted from one activity to the other
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.10,0:09:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our minds placed in somebody elses'
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.28,0:09:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hands. These days I tend to think that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.20,0:09:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainstream education is one of the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.03,0:09:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strongholds of capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.55,0:09:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raising people who are so
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.22,0:09:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unhappy and mistrust themselves so
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.44,0:09:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much with so much mental anguish that we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.75,0:09:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have to consume and fight in order to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.47,0:09:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel okay. Oooh, got a little bit heavy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.74,0:09:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there (laughs). But for me, that makes
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.69,0:09:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sense, when you place children for 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.71,0:09:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or more, of their formative years into an
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.84,0:09:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institution that's kind of what you get.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.11,0:09:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are 6 of the reasons that we've
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.97,0:09:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chosen unschooling. I'm super happy to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.88,0:09:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answer any questions that you have and the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.92,0:09:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unschooling world is very friendly, so if
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.99,0:09:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to jump on board this ship we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.88,0:09:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would welcome you with open arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.58,0:09:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sounds a bit weird and cult-y, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.57,0:09:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not really like that. There's too much
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.50,0:09:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchy for it to be cult-y. (laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.34,0:09:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rob: I hope that you got a lot out of that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.37,0:09:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time with Lucy. If you did, make sure to
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Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.20,0:10:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children in a home setting.
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