{"id":20713,"date":"2013-04-02T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oooorgle.com\/BeyondTheCorral\/?p=20713"},"modified":"2017-04-02T06:33:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T13:33:03","slug":"six-dangerous-miseducation-lessons-you-should-unlearn-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oooorgle.com\/BeyondTheCorral\/six-dangerous-miseducation-lessons-you-should-unlearn-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Dangerous Miseducation Lessons You Should Unlearn Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/survivalsherpa.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/17\/six-dangerous-miseducation-lessons-you-should-unlearn-immediately\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/oooorgle.com\/images\/Unschooling.png\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" alt=\"\" \/>SurvivalSherpa<\/a> | Schools teach many things. These dangerous lessons may not be explicitly taught, but they are\u00a0definitely\u00a0\u2019caught\u2019 by every student \u2013 even parents. Good or bad depends which side of the desk you\u2019re on.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/kalyaniroldan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/unschool-bus.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"unschool-bus\" alt=\"the Radical Roldans UNschool + LIFEschool + HOMEschool\" src=\"http:\/\/kalyaniroldan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/unschool-bus.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>As an insider, I\u2019m giving you my top six most dangerous lessons that need to be destroyed before the coming chaos. Before sending me angry comments that this is just another teacher bash session, honestly explore the list with your school aged children or grandchildren at the dinner table. You may be convinced, if they\u2019re allowed to talk freely. As I\u2019ve said before many times, I work with some of the most dedicated, selfless, and knowledgable teachers who aren\u2019t allowed to do the job they are passionate about \u2013 to teach.<\/p>\n<p>Ready to be un-schooled?\u00a0<strong>Warning<\/strong>: Unlearning these lessons carry a heavy price tag. But the freedom you discover is priceless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A.) The Powers That Be knows what\u2019s best for you.<\/strong> Questioning authority \u2013 or even worse \u2013 resisting TPTB will land you in the re-education compliance camp. Once labeled and drugged, your status and future path is set. Your child knows some of the system\u2019s victims. Just ask.<\/p>\n<p><strong>B.) Learning only takes place in the classroom.<\/strong> Just ask TPTB. Students are taught inside the box. Some teachers encourage outside-the-box thinking. The problem with thinking outside the box is that students don\u2019t have time to even explore the edges. Every minute of their day is planned and spoken for. Even after the last blaring dismissal bell screams, schooling follows them to their bedroom. Homework eats the remains of the day. Forget playing outside (some kids still do that, right?), stomping through mud to the creek to observe crawdads and tadpoles, or reading a book of her choosing for pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery is replaced with memorizing facts from revisionist historians. We teachers correct \u2018wrong thinking\u2019. Constant correcting teaches the student to be dependent on us \u2013 the \u201cexperts\u201d. Critical thinking dies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C.) Going to college is your only hope of elevating your worth.<\/strong> TPTB plaster school walls with posters comparing different levels of \u2018education\u2019 with earning potential. Why all the one-size-fits-all college\u00a0propaganda? Our rulers need more <a href=\"http:\/\/endoftheamericandream.com\/archives\/35-shocking-facts-that-prove-that-college-education-has-become-a-giant-money-making-scam\" target=\"_blank\">debt slaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my advice. If you\u2019re in college now, drop out. If you\u2019re 18, you probably have no idea what you want to do with your life. Don\u2019t buy the lie that you\u2019ll get left behind if you don\u2019t go to college. College will not teach you real world skills. You learn that doing what interests you in the real world. College is pure theoretical. I\u2019ve worked in different fields over my life and have found nothing beats the school of hard knocks. What I learned in college was that I had to perform to get a permission slip to teach kids. It\u2019s a hoop I jumped through. Letters behind our names does NOT qualify us to teach your children.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatives to college until you figure out what you want to do\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start a business. Become a producer.<\/li>\n<li>Travel. Save all your money \u2013 you\u2019ve got a job, right \u2013 while living in your mom\u2019s basement. Explore places you\u2019ve always wanted to see. Pay attention to the local culture. Ask lots of questions. Take notes in your travel journal. Maybe even self-publish it.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer. Not because someone says it\u2019s the \u2018right\u2019 thing to do. Go help feed hungry people, build shelters, or work the local farmers market \u2013 for free. You\u2019ve got low overhead living in your mom\u2019s basement remember. This may not be your career path, but giving without expecting anything in return will expand your horizons, make you thankful, and even make connections for later life. It\u2019s an antidote for self-absorbed navel-gazing.<\/li>\n<li>Self-educate. Take your education into your own hands. Figure it out. Teach yourself to play an instrument, write computer code, or draw.<\/li>\n<li>Work in a trade, find a skilled tradesman and become his\/her apprentice. Contrary to what you\u2019ve been told by your high school guidance counselor, you don\u2019t start at the top \u2013 at least not in the real world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>D.) High Stakes Testing measures your future contributions to the collective.<\/strong> The dirty little secret about state standardized tests is that if your child \u2018met the standard\u2019 (passes a subject with a score of 800), little Susie only got 50% of the test questions right. And the parents breathe a sigh of relief and throw a pizza party for kids that score a 50. What kids learn is that vomiting facts and test taking skills are all answer-centered. Problem solving is not taught. It\u2019s hard to when schooling institution\u2019s\u00a0accreditation (Federal and State money) is on the line. Right answers pay off for good students \u2013 the State gets especially giddy. Welcome to Answerland.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kids in school seem to use a fairly consistent strategy\u2026it is answer-centred rather than problem-centred\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 John Holt \u2013 from \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Children-Fail-Classics-Child-Development\/dp\/0201484021\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1360525081&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=how+children+fail\" target=\"_blank\">How Children Fail<\/a>\u2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u00a0ridiculous\u00a0amount of energy, time, and money spent on High Stakes Testing has kids walking blindfolded into a train tunnel \u2013 with their parents cheering them on. These tests do not measure true value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>E.) We own you.<\/strong> Nothing about forced schooling teaches self-ownership. On the contrary, we (the State Collective) dictate what students need to learn, how to dress, \u00a0what to eat, when to talk, how to obey, how to think, and that you don\u2019t own yourself. You have no right to privacy. We can search you and your possessions without cause anytime. You are under constant\u00a0surveillance. Even that picture your first grader drew, or the app your high schooler created is fair game in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offthegridnews.com\/2013\/02\/14\/maryland-school-district-claims-ownership-of-all-students-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">one school district in Maryland<\/a>. I\u2019m sure this will be a catchy trend. The lesson: You belong to the State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>F.) Learning is\u00a0separate\u00a0from living.<\/strong> Some things in life should be dropped. Schooling is one of them. Compulsory schooling is a type of child abuse. Yes, I just went there. Every child that enters school at age 5 will have his or her creativity, curiosity, confidence, individualism, playfulness, independence,\u00a0intuition, and self-reliance crushed under the school steamroller. It\u2019s painful, but these poor lumps of clay have to be molded into what the State thinks they should be.<\/p>\n<p>What passes for \u2018education\u2019 today promotes fear of making mistakes, fear of failing, constant pursuit of everybody-is-a-winner awards (Student of the Month bumper stickers and gold stars, for instance), and conforming to the collective. We group students according to age. They spend their most formative years never exposed to adults or other children outside their age bracket. They are now dependent on the one \u2018expert\u2019 standing in front of them to gain all the knowledge they need. Sure, we\u2019ll invite an\u00a0occasional\u00a0guest into talk about their job in the real world. But that\u2019s far enough. These commoners don\u2019t possess the credentials to \u2018teach\u2019 kids \u2013 anything.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re curious, here\u2019s a list of people who quit being schooled and ended up doing something with their lives.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Faulkner\" target=\"_blank\">William\u00a0Faulkner<\/a> \u2013 dropped out of high school<\/li>\n<li>Walt Disney \u2013 high school drop out<\/li>\n<li>Wilber and Orville Wright \u2013 never graduated. They tinkered with things.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/25990\/11-high-school-dropouts-who-found-success-anyway\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Branson<\/a> \u2013 Branson\u2019s dyslexia caused him a great deal of trouble as a student, so when he was 16 he left school to go into business for himself.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Edison \u2013 Dropped out of school to be taught at home \u2013 over 1,000 patents followed.<\/li>\n<li>Albert Einstein \u2013 Dropped out at age 15. He later went back to get a diploma so he could enter the university. He failed the entrance exam twice.<\/li>\n<li>Colonel Harland Sanders founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken dropped out of elementary school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019ve attended, or you have children in public schools, the chances are very high you need to unlearn these dangerous lessons. Un-schooling your mind is your first step in becoming prepared.<\/p>\n<p>I have hope and confidence in the human spirit. Once freed, there\u2019s no limit to what we can accomplish.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share your miseducated lessons in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>By Todd Walker<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"left\"><\/p>\n<p>Also See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W18FYv8bTeE\" target=\"_blank\">Education rewarding obedience and failure has predictable results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thelivingundad.wordpress.com\/2013\/06\/26\/its-all-about-you-right\/\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s all about you, right?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br clear=\"left\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SurvivalSherpa | Schools teach many things. These dangerous lessons may not be explicitly taught, but they are\u00a0definitely\u00a0\u2019caught\u2019 by every student \u2013 even parents. Good or bad depends which side of the desk you\u2019re on. As an insider, I\u2019m giving you my top six most dangerous lessons that need to be destroyed before the coming chaos. 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