The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education

Do you think it would be a good idea to use this book as a guide and find a college and such and such with this idea?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0962959170/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

 

looks interesting...
my college is an interesting one...you can basically make your own major (except we dont call them majors we call the POEs or program of emphasis) and its very do what you gotta do take the classes you like study abroad get internships and eventually get were your tryin to go...
as the president of our college said at orientation..your really never gonna use most things you learn in a classroom a degree it so prove to future employers that you can learn so you might as well learn what you want while your here and get some experiences...
classes are pretty hard though so just because you can major in happiness (which someone did) doesnt mean its a slacker school by any means and a lot of kids are pre med because we have 100% acceptance into med school
my poe is international peace and conflict...we have a really awesome peace studies program
my friend created her own and it is something along the lines of non profit work and another friend made hers and its like something and storytelling so pretty much the skys the limit in what you want to come out with here but they definitely make you work for it

 

My god! Where do you go?

I haven't read the book so I couldn't really say but I imagine that adhering to it could prove to be a pretty risky move.

 

juniata college ..its a small liberal arts college in central pa...it is in the book 40 colleges that change lives..
i could go on and on about it but im sure it would be quite boring if your not that interested but if you are feel free to ask and i would be glad to tell you more about it

 

I read that book when I was 12 or 13. I remember enjoying it, though I did end up graduating from public high school (not a choice I regret at all).

 

Learning is like sailing the ocean: no one has ever seen it all.

 

But to be fair, once you've seen one patch of empty ocean, you've seen them all.

 

to be honest, dropping out of school seems kinda... I dunno... bad. I think high school does teach important basic skills like readinr writing, biology, history, even if it might be biased. Having a diploma will help you later in life such as getting a job, going to college. Yeah, you COULD get a GED but that's somewhat frowned upon and not accepted everywhere.
Seems like this little punk rocker wannabe "anarchists" just want an excuse to skip school.

 

It works for some people. I know a lot of adults who never finished high school who I really admire. My dad, for instance, got fed up with the bureaucracy and left. My boyfriend's mom, who is in my opinion the smartest and coolest woman on the planet (gave me tips for tripping on acid with her son, read War and Peace in like a week), I am pretty sure she didn't finish high school, or didn't go to college... But I think for some people, it really works. Some people really will make their own education, and I completely applaud that.

I, however, know that it won't work for me. I love to learn and will probably take college courses until I die. However, I am fully aware that a. Teachers are usually as lazy as students b. You have to do something with your knowledge c. Life's lessons are really not in the classroom. Seeing as I want to be a writer, it's not like I need a degree to do my thing, but I'm getting one anyway because I love school. Weird, huh?

 

Just go to school and get a degree of some sort, there are plenty of courses you can take that would interest you and colleges are definitely places where you can learn more in detail about your concerns such as the environment and whatever else. In these times a degree is very important in being able to make enough money to live comfortably.