This book was written for me, but too late. Author Grace Llewellyn, a former middle school teacher, wrote it in 1991, 19 years after I left high school to pursue my own self-directed education. The publisher says:
"The Teenage Liberation Handbook is (still) the only complete guide to unschooling written for youth. It tackles everything:
- why to consider self-directed education
- communicating with reluctant parents
- getting a social life without proms
- designing a 'tailor-made intellectual extravaganza' and getting into college
- finding great mentors, apprenticeships, and volunteer positions"
Kevin Kelly describes the book this way: "The purpose of this book is to encourage the teen to make their education their own responsibility. They can remain at school, or as a homeschool take only some classes, or find apprenticeships, volunteer, or even skip directly to college. In short they are designing their own self-education, where ever it may happen. Along the way they develop a better idea of themselves and many more life skills then they would in formal school."
This part of her intro seemed directed to me: "If you have already considered leaving school—as a 'dropout' or anything else, of course this book is for you. If you have been feeling guilty or inadequate because of your 'failure' in school, perhaps I can knock some optimistic sense into you. Perhaps I can get you to think of yourself as rising out instead of dropping out. The way we think of ourselves makes all the difference."
Review: Tools for Possibilities: Home Schooling
Excerpt: The Power & Magic of Adolescence vs. The Insufferable Tedium Of School
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