DSY 7 - Jumping off the conveyor belt: Deschooling in action with T.K. Coleman

Deschool Yourself with Zak Slayback and Jeff Till

Praxis Education Director T.K. Coleman joins us to talk about next steps in the deschooling process. Themes we discuss include: Self-analysis - Deciding whether you are a school - Do you have wounds from school? Are you schooled (we’ve covered this, but it should be a formal self-analysis with serious thought) - Do you desire individuation? Do you desire to deschool Getting rid of school behavior and thought process - Releasing the school/work mentality - Get off the conveyor belt (or the treadmill) - Developing intrinsic self-esteem - Knowing what you don’t want to do - Rejecting appeals to authority - Reassessing obligation - Decoupling your identity from school, university and job Lifetime learning - Rekindling a love of learning - Just in time learning vs. just in case learning - Getting an education - Becoming the learner that fits you Taking control of your life - Creating and value creation - Entrepreneurship or the entrepreneur heart. - Rethinking your schedule - Ending permission-seeking - Willingness to accept the possibility that what you love is something you have yet to discover - Embracing risk - Calculating the cost of risk and change (there’s usually none) - Creating your own voice (writing, podcasting, video)