The School Survival Movement: Abolish Compulsory Schooling

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(10-10-2014 05:41 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I think bug with mobile. Pretty sure the unsticky box in quick reply is unchecked in full site mode but it still unsticks when I post mobile.

Yeah, I got no problem with either now. I just want some transparency is all, from Forum Assistants, mods, and regular members alike. So if someone feels that something was wrongly moderated or whatever, please speak up. I'll try and remain more composed next time myself, but I make no promises.

Anyways, I personally thought mostly everyone was on the same page in terms of School Survival. Hell, even DoA's poll that asked of what your real opinion was of America's public schools kind of encouraged that optimistic viewpoint I had. Most people either voted for non-compulsory schooling or for the complete abolishment of the system altogether. Those who voted for something else were either trolling or are the minority and don't agree with the kind of radicalism that the majority wants.

When I used School Survival as a part of the "name" for the movement's jump-start, it was only to be used for these exact 3 purposes:

• To serve as a catalyst for the movement.
• To improve this movement's marketability and progressiveness across related educational reform groups, movements, and the like.
• To serve as a legitimate sponsor and endorser in order to further heighten the movement's legitimacy and credibility.

DoA and I wanted all Survivalists within our forum, namely the cognitive refugees (I personally use each term synonymously), to come together and help us jump-start this movement.

School Survival is the only one of its kind. As I've said before you won't find School Survival anywhere else on the web. There are loosely similar communities you could find on FB, but mostly just focus on being able to be homeschooled, unschooled, etc. You have StuVoice, but DoA and I have mentioned many times how it's not the same as SS.

Chanku suggested that I should make another forum and do this there, but I don't have the connections, resources or even experience to maintain and progress a forum. Furthermore, we would be our own name and it would make it a lot more difficult for DoA and I to market and progress ACS without the School Survival name. Albeit a terrible one, as an example, it would kind of be like Animal Planet without Discovery Communications.

I apologize if using the School Survival name (but I will not apologize for requesting this be stickied) meant that I was speaking for everyone on this forum. That wasn't my intention at all. Hopefully what I said above clarifies that.

I realize some of you want to make some small or moderate changes—and maybe even tackle that first before moving on to something as radical as this—but DoA and I simply don't agree with that approach. I'm really not sure what more I can say here. As for Soul, I believe she's just for freedom so for her the approach doesn't really matter.

And then there's some of you who don't want to be associated with this kind of radicalism whatsoever, but just think of how radical it was when freedom from slavery was going to be fought for, or when people started fighting for LGBT rights. More and more people are starting to fight for LGBT rights, and more and more states are legalizing gay marriage. I don't see how trying to fight against COMPULSORY schooling makes us look like right-wing Christian extremists. As long as we don't sound like them I don't think most people will see us that way, but that's beside the point.

We'll still have pro-school detractors no matter how we approach this and no matter how we try to market and progress this, because at the end of the day we'll be trying to end compulsory schooling. But most important of all, I'm not trying to associate you with this if you don't want to be associated with it. Just read the 3 exact purposes for this movement.

Lastly, as for those being contrarian just for the sake of doing so, all I really have to say is that it seems like you're just wanting to cause more drama and instigate more conflicts.

I hope that makes things way more clear. I'm still quite on the fence on changing the thread's title. I think Chanku did that. :/