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StevenTheSaint
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FuckTheSystem here...
Well, crap. It's been quite a few years since I was on these forums. I graduated from independent study last year, and after I got put in Independent Study, i felt like i didn't need this site anymore.
But I forgot what a great site it is and how much information is here, and all the users are pretty nice, at least in my past experience. So, I decided to come back, maybe to inspire or help those who are struggling with the same issues I was up until about 4 and a half years ago.
I guess my experiences and the thoughts of those experiences got rehashed, so to speak when I made plans to attend college in February. I don't think it's gonna happen, but, long story short, I gotta tell everybody it is going to happen in order to get prescribed my Adderall again, which I've been without for a year. It is the reason I passed me exit exams in April of 2012. Did it two days, within two hours each day, and ended up passing, and it was all thanks to Addy. Shit, I didn't study or anything.
Anyways, maybe some of you will remember me. But if not, Hey, it's Steven, heh.
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FuckTheSystem here...
Hi! I'm relatively new (One year lurking, one year posting.), so I don't remember you. And yes, we're still pretty nice.
Sub's Mental Log!
We've had a lot of fun, guys.
Fulltime Member, 2013-2014
RIP GWEDIN
RIP URITIYOGI
RIP NIGHT
RIP HANSGROHE
RIP VON
RIP WES
RIP USERNAME
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xcriteria
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RE: FuckTheSystem here...
Welcome back!
I started posting here when I was last in college... before I dropped out. There's a lot more overlap between issues in secondary school and college than may be obvious. I think there are better ways to do learning.
I've been here on and off over the years, but lately I've been posting here a lot. Changing education, and people's experience of learning and making sense of life, is really a life goal for me. It's a tough problem, but a lot has been changing over the past few years. There's still a big disconnect for a lot of people, though.
What are your plans now? What might you do in college? (There are a lot of alternative ways to learn, now, in case you're not aware... Saying No To College.
I'm working to build a new kind of learning environment with all the content I've collected (and continue to collect.) Fortunately, a lot of educators are on board with this, but it still seems rare for conversations between unhappy students and people in their lives to work out.
What was your Independent Study like?
Peter Gray & allies launching the Alliance for Self-directed Education
ASDE Newsletters: #1 Announcement | #2 History of ASDE | #6 Education Liberation
School Survival & Catalyst Learning Network featured on AlternativestoSchool's blog
“Mom, Dad, can I stop going to school?”
Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when the Stakes are High
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