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Day 32 of AY20-21: election day experiences

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Tuesday was election day, so I was not quite sure what to expect from the Learners. I imagined that many of them, or at least their families, were quite anxious about what was to come, and I wanted to find ways to…

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Day 31 of AY20-21: Cycle three begins

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The first day of our third cycle was bittersweet. The sweet: Being able to be together again for the third of eleven planned cycles for this academic-plandemic year is something to celebrate. Just last week, a record 61,000 children got Covid-19 last…

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Day 30 of AY20-21: already finished with two (of eleven) pandemic year cycles

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Forecasted thunderstorms mandated our first half-day of the year Friday was the final day of the second cycle of this first full pandemic academic year. My body was still recovering from the fall I took running the retaining wall on Monday, so…

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Day 29 of AY20-21: feelings were had, I offered to lend an ear

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Thursday would be the penultimate day of the cycle for us, and I was hoping that it would be a joyful day. Unlike the prior day it looked like everyone was going to be present, and on time, and I was looking…

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Day 28 of AY20-21: finding moments of appreciation and joy in difficult days

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Each morning I wake up at 5:00 a.m., and three days a week I go for a run, and five days a week I write something (like this blog post), and then I do a bunch of hurried administrative work, and then…

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Day 25 of AY20-21: we have a new game at Abrome

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Friday ended a short second week of our second cycle at Abrome during this pandemic-academic year. It is amazing how quickly time seems to be flying while we are outdoors. I still haven’t been in the same cell as three other Learners,…

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Day 24 of AY20-21: finding new spaces outdoors, making space for young people

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A lovely, shy, insect eating skink I got a call from another Facilitator as I was leaving my house on Thursday morning so that we could touch base on a situation we had to work through regarding a prospective Learner. That conversation…

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Day 23 of AY20-21: leave no trace

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As of the end of the day on Wednesday we would already be halfway through our second cycle of the pandemic year. The forecast was sunny and hot, and I went into the day assuming that the Learners would spend much of…

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Day 22 of AY20-21: fighting complacency about Covid-19

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We did not meet on Monday as were honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so we came back together on Tuesday for the second week of our second cycle of the year. The day did not start out great as a Learner showed up…

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Day 21 of AY20-21: Learners share some of their thoughts on Self-Directed Education

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I had met with three of the Learners in one-on-one check-ins the day before, and I had planned to meet with three other Learners on Friday. The sessions were really helpful in terms of gauging how the Learners were doing slightly more…

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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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