A half-talk, half-rant on how backwards and brainwashed society in general has come to be regarding kids and learning, and the untold treasures and merits found within the natural, sensible concepts of unschooling, lifelong learning, and parental responsibility.
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Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DTube and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
How dare you attempt to stop your children from becoming boring mindless drones, conforming to a system determined to beat the creativity out of them whilst becoming increasingly fascistic, predatory and control freakish about every aspect of their lives.
It’s your duty as an endentured tax slave to produce more little tax slaves to pay off the debts you couldn’t pay off in your lifetime.
What kind of parent are you!? 😂
Any one who doesn’t realise this is a joke, please, please don’t have children!
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Not to mention the fact that almost everything they teach is school now is lies and programs designed to brainwash. Teachers have no choice but to follow the curriculum that is layed out for them, especially in public schools. Resteemed
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If I have the authority to educate my own child, i'd rather be the one to educate them, because most teacher today are the product of the Government propaganda, we can put them to private that would be my second option, the way we teach our children should not be force we can teach them where to learn and let them figure out what to learn.
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Amen to that!!
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It's all messed up. Seriously. Fucking. Messed. Up.
I was largely home/unschooled, mostly in Europe — and it was certainly a hassle for my parents even in the 1960's and 1970's. And the judgment from their peers was often the weirdest shit (according to my mom, many years later) like "Aren't you worried he won't be able to read and write, and do math?"
It's that attitude that often makes me roll my eyes... it's like there's this public perception that NOT sending your kid to a public school somehow = "raised by wolves."
Now, I'm not sure schools were ever places of learning; perhaps they were alwaysa sort of glorified babysitting service. I don't know.
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i agree with everything you said! the schooling today is a conspiracy. they get the kids really really early so they can brainwash the shit out them, use them later as mindless drones and taxable income while being happy watching american idol...
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My sister home schooled both of here children and they are both highly intelligent and loving caring parents with kids of their own. My nephew started his own business and is very successful. My niece landed a high paying job with the airlines and is making big bucks. A lot more charter schools are popping up now here on the Island and are using alternative methods for teaching their students. They seem to be much better than the public schools.
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well-said! it's really so!
school is considered to be like the only possible way of studying, and people are just shocked when they hear about unschooling. They compare it with jungle upbringing when a kid will be limited in knowledge and skills.
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Looking forwards to the day when the norm is to home school or at least use an alternative to the corrosive system we are currently forced into. My daughter is 11 and her last parents evening was like an interigation. I'm there to check how they are teaching my child and then they go switch the tables and ask me "So...erm...how is everything at home, is your daughter happy?"
WTF! "Erm, how's your home life you nosey bitch. You and the husband still rattling the headboard"?
Schools are purely about indoctrination and in the uk we now have Telly screens in the playground. Most of the vids are innocent and talk about road safety and bullying. But the school receive a locked file from Anomoly(the company behind the product) and it is uploaded automatically. The videos are sponsored by Oxfam the UN and other dirty tricksters alike. The vids are the usual global warming guilt trip with starving kids and it basically goes on to blame the children for not turning the bedroom light off at night. So fucked up and I have taken it up with my school. I am fortunate enough to have an ally in the school office and she spent all weekend finding out how to block the files. She was succesful and for us at least the brainwashing has been moderated. Good luck with your sons education and I applaud how you operate(Maybe calm down a little though, before you do another video. Like you said, these people will destroy the family home on a whim so you flipping them the bird on social media might not be too wise in the current circumstances.) Big respect and if you are interested I will drop you a link about the Anomoly screens
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Lol. Yep. It’s downright backwards. A perversion of natural order.
I had to give the busybodies “the finger” at least once, but your advice is duly noted. I will try to calm down a bit before the next upload.
Glad to know we are not alone in this thing, and yes, I’d be glad to know more about the screens.
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lol emotion is good sometimes too and I suppose you have to show them who's boss sometimes. Maybe we should all do one big f**k-you video-mash? Best advice I was ever given was not to register your kids in the first place. Sounds good to me as there are easier targets out there so you get left alone.
Take care bud. Here is the link and it isn't a reassuring read. This shows who is actually teaching our children in gov schools. http://www.anomalygroup.co.uk/anomaly_services.html
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I believe in unschooling (homeschooling) or letting your child(ren) decide what they are interested in. The public or government school system is skewed to produce unhappy drones. I remember as a teenager how many of my age group were sort of wandering around wondering what they should do next. They would not be able to think outside the box if their lives depended on it (and I am a lot older than you). People have no business butting into what you do inside your family unit just like they have no business poking around your domain (home).
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I was raised in the public school system and had all the creativity and curiosity beat out of me very early on. It didn't help my parents were Chinese and further beat into me about why education is everything and if you don't study hard in school, you'll just be a bum on the streets. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and I'm dumber now than ever. My application to any real world situation is terrible and yes, I can't think outside the box.
I have a kid now and seriously considering homeschooling.
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So sorry you had this terrible experience. Now you can go ahead and decide for yourself what you would like to learn. You can "unlearn" what you were taught. I did. And yes, look into homeschooling. You won't regret it.
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This sounds like Sweden!
The Swedish government have made it conveniently cheap to put your child in kindergarten, this is so both parents can go to work.
Because of this it's now the norm in Sweden to dump your child when they are just 1yrs old.
When we told people that we didn't do this to our kids they all look in horror, and say shit like "but your children will be loners"
Imagine their reaction when we told them we will not be sending them to school either.
Harriet Tubman said: "I freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves."
Great post Brother!
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ha, the same situation in my family!
I didn't send my kid to the kindergarten, and all around think I'm just crazy and I am a maniac mom.
Absurd! Why must I trust to unfamiliar people in kindergartens? How can I be sure my baby is ok and cared well? There're so many stories when babies are just mess for kindergarten teachers...
It's a long story, I will make a post about this maybe.. My mom worked there in the past, and she knows all the truth inside, it's one more reason for my reject of kindergartens..
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Hey @kafkanarchy84, this is FUCKING INSPIRING!!! I am homeschooling my kids in a more traditional way but I know/feel unschooling is the way. Thanks for posting this, it helps.
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Thanks, @summertooth! That is great to hear. I think there are many paths for many different situations and am inspired by you!
My main thing is to live and let live, and these folks that want to control everyone, and deny natural rights drive me fuckin’ nuts!
Thanks for the comment :)
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Unfortunately I can't watch all of the video as it keeps lagging (not dtube's fault, but bad and slow connection in Ireland...). But I do understand the frustration. I've been harassed by CPS here in Ireland for some time now, all because they don't want to understand how unschooling works and because I don't jump through the hoops they put in front of me. They are even trying to get me to send my youngest to pre-school...because 'he needs friends his own age' while he's only 3.5 years old and there is no where a law in the Irish law book that says we have to send them anywhere before they're 6 years old! I'm getting sick of it.... so sick that I'm looking for other options (countries where homeschooling is not seen as a thorn in the side of politicians...)
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God, I’m so sorry to hear that. That must be extremely stressful for you.
This is exactly the kind of madness I’m talking about.
The US might be more hospitable in regard to not being harassed, but then again, in a way it might be worse as those that are harassed are often harassed mercilessly. I don’t know how it is in Ireland.
Is there a way to pacify the bastards? What business is it of theirs anyway what your 3 year old is doing?
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Three-year-olds don't need friends the same age. They need to learn to interact with all ages, not in a class full of three-year-old kids all in various stages of development.
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Thanks for talking about this! I've certainly come up dry when looking for homeschooling/unschooling information in Japan. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience on this.
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Glad to answer any questions you may have as best I can. You can find me in Steem chat under the same name. Cheers!
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I think with life, society and the workplace changing so much today, I find that the philosophy of unschooling can give us insight into how we can come better self-directed learners and prepare ourselves for a future that we can’t predict.
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Parents should have right to protect their child in every way,because a house is a root of education and every children learn all most everything from the environments.More than that every parent have a heartly attachment with their kid ,so parent can become the best teacher ,especialy you're like parents.
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My Daughter Dr Cari, as we affectionately call her. Having a Doctorate in Psychology, and now a College Professor, was in fact home schooled, and she is now home schooling her kids. I just wish I was also. So I was not so bored, and just felling humdrum, with little or no challenge being sent to a regular ZZzz no challenge school.
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I'm seriously considering unschooling my kids @kafkanarchy84. My plan right now is to start over summer break and give it a go. I'm tired of the school system prying into our lives, not to mention my kids hate school.
I wanted to let you know that I tagged you in case you weren't notified. I created a challenge to help Steemians get to know a little bit more about each other. You would make a post listing (and hopefully explaining) 5 things you love, 5 things you dislike, use the tag loveitshoveit, and tag more people you'd like to get to know. That's basically it and I thought yours would be really interesting. The link to the challenge is here: https://steemit.com/loveitshoveit/@snowpea/the-love-it-shove-it-challenge
I hope you join!! Thanks and have a great day! 😃
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Absolutely! We have become so contingent on the society as how it goes in certain aspects.. This idea should change.. What everybody does need not to be correct all the time..
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That was great. I don't know how it happened in Japan but the Rockefellers and others did in America's education system. In the following video that starts on point, I was surprised to learn that the literacy rate here before centralized schools was over 90%. That worked. 46:14 is the time mark just in case.
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Japan too? I have heard that pretty much all of Europe has essentially banned homeschooling. Yet another reason America is the last free country on Earth.
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No, it’s not illegal or banned here. It’s kind of a great area in a way. Actually, in some ways, I think it is probably easier to homeschool here than in the states.
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Like anything else it varies by state, some have almost no restrictions and others demand various forms of accountability. I was reading a thing from someone in Europe and they actually had to leave their country so they could homeschool but were finding that all over Europe is it very restricted.
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Yep, that’s @markwhittam.
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That's the one, sounds like a real drag. He should move to New Hampshire. The freedom up there is really something to behold.
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Thank you!!Good talk:)
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Although parents cannot school a child alone, yet "unschooling" is like mission impossible. They need education #childprotection
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@iamsteveben they learn so much when they're unschooled! You wouldn't believe what kids can do if they're left to decide what they like to learn. You'll get kids who enjoy what they do and excel in it! And this is from a single homeschooling mother of 4!
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And excel they do...
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At this point, I would want to agree with you.
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Unschooling is beautiful. You should watch the video ;)
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When I started homeschooling years ago I was a freak. Now I am becoming more normal. Hah thats a first :) I am lucky to live in Alaska where homeschooling is sometimes the only option so people don't look down on it as much as other places
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I'm agree with you. If I have the kids my own I will let them learn what they want to learn. support what they want to do if it is a good thing. I hate school. I grow up in Thailand I have to say the education in my country is so bad. I have to learn out side school . I wasted my quality time of my life in school for 22 years!!!!! Its 22 year!!! I have to go to school from 7.30am stand under the sun for 30 minutes to listen to the teacher talk shit (sorry for my language) study until 4 pm Monday to Friday. And Saturday Sunday I have to go to extra school for tutor. My father want me to be the top of the school and yes I do. (not showing off) But the best time of my life its gone. I love my parents and I'm thankful of what they have done I just wish I could be strong when I was little. I think you are great father for your kids. Good luck :)
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It's beginning to look a lot like.........communistic russia or the DDR or something like that ......I can imagine that one would start to shut up, around those kinds of people. Sigh.
Great video
Peace.
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I think children's education is the best thing to play with nature!
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re fucking steemed.... because Humanity need more free thinking kids in the world!
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People are so used to handing their power over, that when you tell them well no, I'm not handing my child over the government to brainwash and set them up for a life of slavery they can't handle that that is even an option, so they then try to take power from you by not supporting what they have seen as the only option. To me it is all about power, you point out that there is an option then they realize that sub consciously and try to take power from you. It's all a power struggle, it is how the world works for some, but not for us. Yeah to being awake.
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