Mar 31, 2021

Show Notes | Part I

• Jenna first discovered Naomi Fisher’s work through the Offtrail Learning Podcast hosted by Blake Boles. She then discovered the comprehensive YouTube video produced by The Phoenix Education Trust called The Psychology of Self Directed Learning by Naomi Fisher. Her most recent work, a book she...

Mar 24, 2021

Show Notes

Chris and Jenna share their takeaways from episode 009. 

Selling your house and beginning a co-housing project of this scale is commendable and courageous. It takes a lot of effort to take the alternative path and create a life more aligned with your values. If we stick with the school system, we by default...

Mar 17, 2021

Show Notes

• Nickee’s boys are 61/2 and 4 and have always unschooled. Her husband brought the idea of homeschooling into their family. 
• Nickee had a gut feeling her son would not fit into the school system model. 
• It wasn’t too difficult for her to question the dominant system, as she had been doing that in other...

Mar 10, 2021

• Jenna shares a voicemail from the community. Sue calls in to share how her son “reverse engineered” his driving course to make it more efficient and relevant to him. 
• You can call in and leave your own message by going to www.roguelearner.com/podcast and click, “share message.” We’d love to add your stories...

Mar 3, 2021

• Kristen grew up in Tampa, Fl and attended public schools her whole education. For elementary school she attended an IB school. As a gifted student, she was given many fun opportunities such as: Battle of the Books and Mathletes. 
• In Middle, she felt a huge shift in pressure. She had 4 hours of homework, so she...