My brother linked to another great article. It's not surprising that he finds this stuff more quickly than I do. I have a kid... ;)

Paul Graham writes about the issue of high school students and their approach to life in general and learning in particular. I think Paul has inadvertently developed insights into school that John Taylor Gatto and John Holt propose in their teachings about the way children learn.

Lindsey and I have had an ongoing discussion about how we plan to "school" our children, and I think Graham has summed up the general approach we will take quite well (though I am sure he did not intend to): “The important thing is to get out there and do stuff. Instead of waiting to be taught, go out and learn.... And you don't have to wait to start. In fact, you don't have to wait to be an adult. There's no switch inside you that magically flips when you turn a certain age or graduate from some institution. You start being an adult when you decide to take responsibility for your life. You can do that at any age.”

Now, to take those words to heart myself...

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