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Introduction
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First,
a nice little story
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19
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The
note to parents
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24
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About
this book
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27
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Part
One ~ Making the Decision
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1
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Sweet
land of liberty
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38
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2
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School
is not for learning
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45
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3
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What
school is for
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59
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4
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64
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5
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The
Power and Magic of Adolescence vs. The Insufferable Tedium of School
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68
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6
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And
a few other miscellaneous Abominations
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72
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7
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But
Miss Llewellyn. . .
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76
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8
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Class
dismissed
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82
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Part
Two ~ The First Steps
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9
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Your
first unassignments
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86
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10
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The
Perhaps Delicate Parental Issue
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90
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11
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The
Not Necessarily Difficult Legal Issue
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102
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12
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The
importance of The Vacation
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125
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13
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Money,
bicycles, and other Technical Difficulties
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134
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14
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Getting
a social life without proms
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137
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15
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Adults
in a new light
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144
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16
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Starting
out: a sense of the possibilities
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148
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Part
Three ~ The Tailor-Made Educational Extravaganza
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17
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Your
Tailor-Made Intellectual
Extravaganza
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156
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18
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Beyond
"field trips": using cultural resources
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164
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19
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School
as a cultural resource
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174
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20
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The
Glorious Generalist
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178
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21
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Unschooling
science
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183
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22
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Unschooling
math
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203
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23
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Unschooling
social sciences
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209
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24
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Unschooling
"English"
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230
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25
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Unschooling
foreign languages
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245
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26
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Unschooling
the arts
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251
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27
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Sports
teams and otherwise athletics
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263
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28
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The
call of the wild
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266
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29
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Worldschooling
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271
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30
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Other
school stuff turned unschool stuff
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279
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31
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College
without high school
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283
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Part
Four ~ Touching the World: Finding Good Work
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32
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Beyond
fast food
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308
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33
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Apprenticeships
and internships
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312
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34
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Volunteering
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322
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35
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Jobs
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329
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36
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Your
own business
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334
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37
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Pigs
and honey: farm related work
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340
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38
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Fixing
the world: social and political activism
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347
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Part
Five ~ The Lives of Unschoolers
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39
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The
guinea pig chapter
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354
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40
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Your
allies among the Rich and
Famous
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370
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41
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The
life freestyle: Seth Raymond
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373
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42
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The
journal, etc., of Ms. Kim Kopel, Autodidact
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382
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Appendices
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A
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The
unschooler's bookshelf
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393
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B
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Afterword
to the second edition
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401
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C
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The
Power and Magic in my mailbox
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404
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D
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International
unschooling resources and organizations
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424
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E
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Addresses,
Web sites, phone numbers
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427
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F
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Selected
bibliography
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431
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Index
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436
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