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Day 16 of AY20-21: the last day of the first cycle of our first pandemic year

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Yesterday was day 16 and the last day of our first cycle of first pandemic year. I say first because it is unlikely that the pandemic will be over by next August. Well, the first pandemic year if you don’t include last…

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Day 15 of AY20-21: our first scheduled remote day of the year

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Yesterday was the first of our two planned remote days for the cycle, and the first two of our 14 total planned remote days for the year. We have had, and will have unplanned remote days, as well. For example, we were forced…

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Day 14 of AY20-21: can outdoor learning work for adolescents?

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Central to our vision of what makes Self-Directed Education work for young people (and one of the reasons conventional schooling does not) is age mixing. We do not segregate Learners by age, and can have Learners as young as four-years-old and as…

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Day 13 of AY20-21: our first cookout day

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This year I’ve been trying to do certain things to take care of myself so that I can better take care of others within the community. One of them is sleeping at least eight hours a night, and going to bed by…

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Day 12 of AY20-21: the social challenges of small operating cells

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Two of the younger Learners in our cell have been joined at the hip since we came back together on September 8th. But starting on Wednesday, one of them was scheduled to be out for the rest of the week. For the…

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Day 11 of AY20-21: working on honoring boundaries

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On Tuesday the weather looked to take a turn for the better, although it was still forecasted to rain through the morning. I anticipated more Learners showing up on day eleven than on day ten, but our numbers decreased. Two Learners chose…

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Day 10 of AY20-21: a commitment to outdoor learning

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Another one of the beautiful things about Self-Directed Education is the novelty that comes with living our lives in the world, and having the opportunity to enjoy and explore the opportunities that come our way, or that we create. At Abrome we…

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Day 9 of AY20-21: supporting others

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Week two of our entirely outdoor, pandemic, not-schooling experience is in the books at Abrome! This week the Cell 1 did some exploring. I- and J- found a looooooooong tunnel that opened to a giant reed forest, which I- used to build a house…

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Day 8 of AY20-21: thunderstorms again

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Another rainout thanks to thunderstorms On Wednesday night I sent Abrome families the following message by email: “Currently the forecast tomorrow is all day thunderstorms. I’ll wait until tomorrow morning to make the call but if the forecast then is similar to…

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Day 7 of AY20-21: when joking around becomes problematic

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My cell was without three Learners on Wednesday. One is still out of state helping his grandparents move, and two were at home resting after being out in the sun all day (with one also going on a fairly strenuous hike) at…

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