“Each of us is born with a crazy passion to learn. Each of us craves knowledge of our world and our place within it.

We learn because we want to learn, because it’s important to us, because it’s natural, and because it’s impossible to live in the world and not learn. Then along comes school to mess up a beautiful thing.”

A slim manifesto of living and learning in freedom.

Available in print and as a download.

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It’s sweet, it’s short, and it’s full of irrefutable information.

Sandra Dodd @ Homeschool News & Muse

If every child was unschooled… (w)e would have a world of young people choosing their lives instead of taking what they can get, what they can afford, what is offered to them. We would have a world of people who are nobody-but-themselves, and who know who they are, and how to live and make a living for themselves.

Dave Pollard @ How to Save the World

I read the entire book aloud to my mom, with frequent pauses in reading to discuss one point or another, and we both agree that it was a lovely read. Inspiring, thought-provoking, and just generally a good way to pass a gloomy Fall afternoon! Highly recommended.

Idzie @ I’m Unschooled.  Yes, I Can Write