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Hi! I've co-produced a new, limited series podcast called "Deschool Yourself". It's for adults who are trying to reverse the damage of the 15,000 hour schooling process. About 10 hours long, available on iTunes and Stitcher. http://deschoolyourself.com Guests include: - Dr. Peter Gray, author of "Free to Learn" - Brett Veinotte of School Sucks Project - Thaddeus Russell, author of "Renegade History of the United States" - T.K. Coleman, Education Director of Praxis Hosted by: - Jeff Till (me) - Zak Slayback, author of "The End of School" Check it out!

Side note: God bless the Christians for making homeschool possible. If a bunch of atheists asked the government for an exception to compulsory attendance laws we would've been told to go jump in a lake.

We're in the same situation. We're in the deep South. We've found a handful of secular homeschooling families but have been avoiding many of the Christian organizations. Some of our friends just still send them to the Christian homeschool clubs which actually practice scripture and such. They just try to reverse the bad information when the kids come home. Outside of the formally planned clubs, we can get along with religious folks simply by not talking about religion with them. We might meet up at park for a homeschool park day with them, but we don't have them over to break bread. It sucks overall and I would guess it's the same everywhere. Best of luck!

I've done lots of research on arguments for homeschooling and have compiled it into this near - exhaustive list: http://fivehundredyears.org/a-complete-case-for-home-education-54-arguments/ It's also in the book I vanity published, Rise Above School. http://www.riseaboveschool.com Also recommend: - John Taylor Gatto (dumbing us down, weapons of mass instruction - Gracy lewellen, Teenage Liberation Handbook - Peter Holt, Teach your own School Sucks Podcast is great too. Brett has been on FDR.

I think my favorite part was when he said regulation is what keeps a small group of rich people from getting their way.

At the risk of being nitpicky, the constitution says "Congress shall make no law..." So it's not some universal, it's just a ban on congress. Any of the other million lawmakers, governors, city mayors, etc., aren't congress. It's stupid that government thinks it gives us permission to talk. I'm surprised we don't have "freedom to choose breakfast" or "freedom to poop" in the constitution.

- Dark - Crowded - Loud music playing - Maybe disco lights - People are 2 AM drunk - For whatever reason, the cops spent THREE HOURS not going through the front door, which barely makes sense when I hear it, so many people who could've been saved with medical attention probably bled to death Sad to say, but if this was political and in response to the wars, 'Merica has it coming. x100. (Didn't watch the video)

I recently did a podcast on American nationalism and spent time looking for Patriotic songs sung in elementary school. My biggest "OMG" moment was discovering Toby Keith and his crazy super-nationalist stuff. Like all country music. Might not help if you are just looking for symphonic music. (My podcast on it if interested: http://fivehundredyears.org/the-f-word-in-america-part-ii-the-new-england-patriots-suck/

New podcast about "fascism in America: US militarism". Check it out if you have time and interest. http://fivehundredyears.org/podcast-22-the-f-word-in-america-militarism/

I found Peter Gray's, at least the first 40 pages or so, worthwhile. It's about letting children have their own time and the value of free, self-directed activity. http://www.amazon.com/Free-Learn-Unleashing-Instinct-Self-Reliant/dp/0465084990/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465232568&sr=8-1&keywords=peter+gray

I have a new podcast up. Check it out: http://fivehundredyears.org/podcast-the-curse-of-the-busybody-conformist-consumers/ In this episode, I discuss how being constantly ‘busy’ is probably a bad thing and that most people don’t properly balance their time with their consumption and life changes. I try to make the case that being “acceptably busy” is a conformist notion that has spread to every aspect of people’s lives. I steal a clip of Tim Ferriss. I also bizarrely get into the documentary “Lost Boys” about relocated Africans. As always, I take a shot at school and homework. I also explore alternate, more desirable consumption/time models that people might want to think about.

Congrats! Parenting is great fun. My advice is start planning soon how you are going to live on a single income so one parent can care for the child so he/she won't have to endure daycare, preschool, and school.

Frankly I preferred Trump's previous TV show to this one.

What Shirgall said. A modern example would be climate change alarmism, as described by a climate change skeptic. E.g., the alarmists are using 'scientism' to claim their point. Past examples might include phrenology and eugenics. Both were promoted as outcomes of science.

Reading the source material, it doesn't seem to be. The ideas of communicating with empathy, thoughtfulness to emotion and concern for other people's needs seems good on it's face. But I'll check out the critique, thanks for posting. Anyways, regardless of the technique my main point is to not turn these discussions into harsh arguments to be productive.