College Without High School (eBook)

A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College

Blake Boles (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
176 Seiten
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-55092-436-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Because the real world is the best education. High school can be boring. High school curriculum can be frustrating and out of touch. So what is the answer for young people whose creativity, bright ideas, and boundless energy are being stifled in that over-scheduled and grade-driven environment? What would you do if you could go to college without going to high school? Would you travel abroad, spend late nights writing a novel, volunteer in an emergency room, or build your own company? What dreams would you be pursuing right now? College Without High School shows how independent teens can self-design their high school education by becoming unschooled. Students begin by defining their goals and dreams and then pursue them through a combination of meaningful and engaging adventures. It is possible to pursue your dreams, and gain admission to any college of your choice. Boles shows how to fulfill college admission requirements by proving five preparatory results: intellectual passion, leadership, logical reasoning, background knowledge, and the capacity for structured learning. He then offers several suggestions for life-changing, confidence-building adventures that will demonstrate those results. This intriguing approach to following your dreams and doing college prep on your own terms will be welcomed by students (and their parents).

Autor

Blake Boles has worked extensively with teens outside the traditional high school environment. He designs and leads innovative trips through Unschool Adventures. He has worked in a variety of fields, and holds a self-designed BA in education theory from the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Portland, OR

Inhalt

Premises and Promises
Through the Macroscope
Launch Sequence
A Note for Parents

Chapter 1: Redefining Teen
The Point Of Life Is Not School, It Is Adventure
Bored People Become Boring People
Homeschooling and Unschooling
Unschoolers in History
But First: What Do You Want?
The Question of College
Dream Map Prep
The Dream-Mapping Workshop
Create a Dream Book

Chapter 2: College Prep Without School
Results Over Volume
The Changing Face of College Admissions
Some Who Have Done It
CP = ƒ (Results)
CP Result 1: Intellectual Passion
CP Result 2: Leadership
CP Result 3: Logical Reasoning
CP Result 4: Structured Learning
CP Result 5: Background Knowledge
Case Studies: MIT, Stanford and the University of California at Riverside
Diplomas, Transcripts and Transfers
Research Admission Requirements at Your Target Colleges

Chapter 3: The Six-Hour School Week
Time Management for Unschoolers
Schoolwork vs. Interest Work
The Six-Hour School Week
The Art of Batching
A Batching Example: Gia and the FCT
Conquering the Unbatchables

Chapter 4: The Adventure Blender
Ideas for High-Impact Adventure
Internships
International Volunteering
Hunting Down Heroes and Experts
Business Start-Up
Community Skill Mastery

Chapter 5: Making the Leap
Final Notes on the Unschooling Decision
Defining the Dropout Nightmare
Meet Grace Llewellyn
The Social Life Question
The Portfolio

Afterword: The Life Unschool
Appendix: Uncollege
Reading and Resources
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Index
About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: Gabriola Island
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Alternative schooling for college entrance • background knowledge • becoming unschooled • Becoming unschooled for college • capacity for structured learning • Education theory for structured learning • five preparatory results • fulfill college admission requirements • Fulfilling college admission requirements • Homeschooling and parenting insights • Independent learning and education • intellectual passion • Leadership • logical reasoning • self design high school education • Self-design high school education • Teen • Teen and young adult education • Unschooling and leadership development • Young Adult
• ISBN-10: 1-55092-436-2 / 1550924362
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55092-436-7 / 9781550924367