Wild Life Unschooling

Wild Life Unschooling

di Alexa Ko

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#10: Feeling like giving up is ok! - w/Mariana Ludmila Cortez

You don't believe in unschooling? Education rebel Mariana Ludmila Cortez will change that. She has two unschooled kids, who are now studying in university – yes, you read that right, the two are studying like “normal” young adults. In this episode, founder of the two educational projects Desescolarizados and Edularity, tells us how she went from homeschooling to unschooling, and why giving up on the way is perfectly normal. Also, we have a little “Bitcoin rabbit hole” moment here and there, because Mariana is as fascinated as me by the decentralized nature of the first ever cryptocurrency: “I also got attracted about what's blockchain, and what's Bitcoin? So when I started to research what was that, it completely made sense. The philosophy, the peer-to-peer, decentralized approach. And to me, it was like an immediate connection to education, and I was like, ok that is liberty, that is how I educate my kids: peer-to-peer, decentralized.”

#9: There is something wrong with school - w/Melissa from World Travel Ambitions

Melissa from World Travel Ambitions is mum of 4 kids, and tried it all - from traditional school system, to homeschooling, unschooling, and worldschooling. In this episode of Wild Life Unschooling Podcast Melissa shares with us, how her and her family's perception and needs regarding education changed, and how the transition between the different educational approached worked out. How does education work on the go? How much time do kids really need to actively learn in a traditional sense, and why are 10–60 minutes a day enough to keep your kid's educational journey going? “Well, if I can do in less than an hour a day what a school can't achieve in like 6 to 8 hours a day, and then they still send homework on top. There's something wrong.”

#8: Feeling like giving up is ok! - w/Mariana Ludmila Cortez (Highlights)

You don't believe in unschooling? Education rebel Mariana Ludmila Cortez will change that. She has two unschooled kids, who are now studying in university – yes, you read that right, the two are studying like “normal” young adults. In this episode, founder of the two educational projects Desescolarizados and Edularity, tells us how she went from homeschooling to unschooling, and why giving up on the way is perfectly normal. Also, we have a little “Bitcoin rabbit hole” moment here and there, because Mariana is as fascinated as me by the decentralized nature of the first ever cryptocurrency: “I also got attracted about what's blockchain, and what's Bitcoin? So when I started to research what was that, it completely made sense. The philosophy, the peer-to-peer, decentralized approach. And to me, it was like an immediate connection to education, and I was like, ok that is liberty, that is how I educate my kids: peer-to-peer, decentralized.”

#7: Unschooling and Bitcoin for a better future! - w/Didi Taihuttu

Didi Taihuttu from “The Bitcoin Family” is unschooling/worldschooling his 3 kids. After going all into Bitcoin, entrepreneur and author Didi initiated amongst other projects a Bitcoin-funded school in Mexico - and inspires other families to discover sound money and self-directed learning. While traveling the world for the last couple of years and visiting over 40 countries, Didi and his family were featured by CNBC, CNA, WJS, ARTE and many other local news agencies. Didi is also capturing the Bitcoin Family´s on their own YouTube channel, and is spreading awareness about self-sovereign lifestyle in countless podcasts. “We as a digital nomad family brainwashed our kids anti-government, anti-bank. Kids that have hope left for a better future and that will share that around again. It needs always to be one in the family that breaks the circle. And if you break the circle, then you provide a new way of living and a new future for your children. But if you keep running that hamster wheel, kids will follow you.” Since a couple of years I have been following their journey, and Didi with his never-ending-energy, enthusiasm, and honesty never failed to surprise me. Get to know Didi Taihuttu a bit better with me!

#6: Discovering a decentralized university - w/Amin Rafiee

Guess who I'm talking to today, it's Amin Rafiee, the Founder of the World’s first Decentralized Autonomous University, Bittopia University. He is a huge fan of decentralization, P2P economies, privacy, and bottom-up strategies. But also is Amin international speaker and educator, bio-hacker, journalist, designer, is there something this guy is not capable of doing? We deep dive into the topic of decentralized education, we talk about the many benefits decentralized education has, how the decentralized university works, and we elaborate, why students should be the real stakeholder of their university. Of course we fall into the Bitcoin rabbit hole here and there, and we show you, how many similarities between knowledge and currency are. “Kowledge is currency, for me is derived from the idea that through knowledge you can absolutely transform your life. You can do anything, as long as you know how to. The entire concept of Internet is on the premise of knowledge. It's what transformed so many peoples lives and also impacted in negative ways, too. Though, knowledge has been a sense of transformation since the dawn of human existence.”

#5: Discovering a decentralized university - w/Amin Rafiee (Highlights)

Guess who I'm talking to today, it's Amin Rafiee, the Founder of the World’s first Decentralized Autonomous University, Bittopia University. He is a huge fan of decentralization, P2P economies, privacy, and bottom-up strategies. But also is Amin international speaker and educator, bio-hacker, journalist, designer, is there something this guy is not capable of doing? We deep dive into the topic of decentralized education, we talk about the many benefits decentralized education has, how the decentralized university works, and we elaborate, why students should be the real stakeholder of their university. Of course we fall into the Bitcoin rabbit hole here and there, and we show you, how many similarities between knowledge and currency are. “Kowledge is currency, for me, is derived from the idea that through knowledge you can absolutely transform your life. You can do anything, as long as you know how to. The entire concept of Internet is on the premise of knowledge. It's what transformed so many peoples lives and also impacted in negative ways, too. Though, knowledge has been a sense of transformation since the dawn of human existence.”

#4: Expectations are ruining our lives - w/Maria Woops

In this episode I have a very special guest visiting - my friend Maria. Maria is really doing it differently. She is breaking with the status quo, she is all about experiencing life in it´s deepest form - who are we, and what do we actually want from life? And of course these questions lead us to - does education for our kids has to be mainstream?! Maria, mom of 4, Norway, who lived in Germany, travelled the world, now is living on the Canary Islands, moviemaker, businesswoman, wife, friend, and so much more. I met Maria in a cave at a wild beach, where we both went “cave-camping” with our kid(s). We instantly bonded, we had some pretty nice days in the sun, we shared a wonderful camping-experience, and talked about everything and beyond. "A few years ago we started to question our lives, our believes, the way we live, the way we work, the way we think. So we sold our house in Germany, and we went on a journey with our kids for one year to Asia, to Australia, to New Zealand, and this was a really awesome experience for us, to really trust, trust, that things are gonna be ok. And to learn what feels right for us, and not what´s expected from us from the church or from society or from my family." In this episode, we talk about expectations, and how the expectations from outside (and sometimes inside), have an actual impact on our lives and well-being. Besides that, Maria tells us, why she wants her kids to go to school, why longterm-homeschooling or unschooling is not the right solution for her family, and why there is no perfect solution - how does the perfect life look like?

#3: Expectations are ruining our lives - w/Maria Woops (Highlights)

In this episode I have a very special guest visiting - my friend Maria. Maria is really doing it differently. She is breaking with the status quo, she is all about experiencing life in it´s deepest form - who are we, and what do we actually want from life? And of course these questions lead us to - does education for our kids has to be mainstream?! Maria, mom of 4, Norway, who lived in Germany, travelled the world, now is living on the Canary Islands, moviemaker, businesswoman, wife, friend, and so much more. I met Maria in a cave at a wild beach, where we both went “cave-camping” with our kid(s). We instantly bonded, we had some pretty nice days in the sun, we shared a wonderful camping-experience, and talked about everything and beyond. "A few years ago we started to question our lives, our believes, the way we live, the way we work, the way we think. So we sold our house in Germany, and we went on a journey with our kids for one year to Asia, to Australia, to New Zealand, and this was a really awesome experience for us, to really trust, trust, that things are gonna be ok. And to learn what feels right for us, and not what´s expected from us from the church or from society or from my family." In this episode, we talk about expectations, and how the expectations from outside (and sometimes inside), have an actual impact on our lives and well-being. Besides that, Maria tells us, why she wants her kids to go to school, why longterm-homeschooling or unschooling is not the right solution for her family, and why there is no perfect solution - how does the perfect life look like?

#2: They want you to obey - w/Daniel Prince (Highlights)

Daniel Prince, author of Choose Life, and host of the Once Bitten Podcast, is sharing some meaningful insights about his family's unschooling journey, and what it means to deschool not only your kids, but yourself. Daniel and I actually got to know each other at the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference in Prague. At the LIOL everything is about building parallel structures – and exactly this is what this episode is all about! What does unschooling looks like in a family of 4 children, what are the differences between worldschooling and unschooling? But the most important take away of this episode is clearly that Daniel is sharing some not so known truths about the traditional school system, that are uncomfortable to face. “If anybody listening is thinking about taking their kids out of school, because “the education system is completely broken and not fit for purpose” – spoiler alert, it's not broken, it's working exactly as it was designed to work. The reason your kids are, and you are the way you are, is, the system insidiously points in place to create certain behaviors. And it has nothing to do with learning, it has everything to do with obedience and control.”

#1: They want you to obey - w/Daniel Prince

Daniel Prince, author of Choose Life, and host of the Once Bitten Podcast, is sharing some meaningful insights about his family's unschooling journey, and what it means to deschool not only your kids, but yourself. Daniel and I actually got to know each other at the Liberty in Our Lifetime conference in Prague. At the LIOL everything is about building parallel structures – and exactly this is what this episode is all about! What does unschooling looks like in a family of 4 children, what are the differences between worldschooling and unschooling? But the most important take away of this episode is clearly that Daniel is sharing some not so known truths about the traditional school system, that are uncomfortable to face. “If anybody listening is thinking about taking their kids out of school, because “the education system is completely broken and not fit for purpose” – spoiler alert, it's not broken, it's working exactly as it was designed to work. The reason your kids are, and you are the way you are, is, the system insidiously points in place to create certain behaviors. And it has nothing to do with learning, it has everything to do with obedience and control.”

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