On Top The Cage

[...] . Other days I’d spend hours choreographing dances, or taking dance classes, at the dance school that I spent a lot of time at. By the second year of dancing, I’d started contributing [...]

[...] at the school. So, instead of going to 10th grade, I started taking anywhere from 7 to 18 dance classes a week at a local dance school and rapidly excelled at ballet and modern dance over the next [...]

[...] When I approach high school age, I’d decided that I wanted to try school again, so I tried 9th grade and left because I was spending most of my days learning basic information on a variety of [...]

[...] conventional idea of structured public school days, four years of college, etc. I interviewed Everett Bogue of evbogue.com to learn more about his unschooling experience. Thanks, Everett, for a [...]

[...] in learning. The idea is: if you take away the structure and forced learning that the modern school system imposed on children, they will learn much quickly and more effectively. They’ll [...]

[...] ’t figure it out, the answer sure as hell isn’t working for the man! Emotional solvency I’ve only mentioned the ‘security benefits’ of entrepreneurship. I& [...]

[...] can be destroyed without warning for something as vague as ‘cost cutting.’ Entrepreneurship solves these problems. Unless you fire yourself, you won’t ever lose your job. Logically, [...]

[...] ’ path (college -> job -> retirement) is that it only takes into consideration financial solvency. Entrepreneurship solves the problem of what I call ‘emotional solvency,& [...]

[...] to believe merit is enough to receive that promotion, but as was made evident by the recent economic meltdown, hardworking and deserving individuals lose their jobs everyday. We sell our souls when [...]

[...] enough, you–and you alone–enjoy the fruits of your success; screw those tiny end-of-the-year bonuses! So if you’ve always considered branching out on your own, I say go for it. [...]