The College Essay Guy Podcast: A Practical Guide to College Admissions 213: Self-Directed Learning (Why You Can Quit HS & Be Okay)
Oct 2, 2019
54:11
This is the second of two episodes on homeschooling and self-directed learning. My guest is writer, speaker, and fellow podcaster Blake Boles, whose work invites students and families to re-evaluate the traditional schooling model--are the typical high school and college experiences really the best ways to spend your time? On this episode we discuss:
- Can you (really) quit high school and not totally ruin your life?
- Why is this the best time ever for self-directed learning?
- How can we all be more self directed learners?
- Why you should: Google everything, Email strangers, and Find your nerd clan
- The benefits of skipping college (or at least taking a gap year)
- How to know if you’re making a decision for you (and not your parents)?
A warning: Listen too closely to this episode and it could mean that this is the very last College Essay Guy podcast episode you listen to… and that could be a very cool thing.
Resources:
The Teenage Liberation Handbook