School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation
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Topics: At Porcfest, I talk for about 20 minutes on surviving government schooling experience, addressing the frequent question from parents: what should I do if I have to send my kid to public school? Jake Desyllas from The Voluntary Life Podcast then joins me to discuss overcoming our schooling, entrepreneurship and financial freedom. Look CLoser: The Voluntary Life http://www.thevoluntarylife.com/
Co-Hosts: Mandrik and Osborne This is an edited version of the 6-28-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Sick and/or exhausted, the three of us fight our way through a raving review of the 2012 Porcupine Freedom Festival.
Co-Hosts: Mandrik and Osborne This is an edited version of the 6-28-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Sick and/or exhausted, the three of us fight our way through a raving review of the 2012 Porcupine Freedom Festival.
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Cory Topics: We discuss the value of Khan Academy, and how it would fit into the larger picture of free, self-directed education in the future. This is the full 6-14-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This Advanced?’ http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/could-you-modify-it-to-stop-students-from-becoming-this-advanced/
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Cory Topics: We discuss the value of Khan Academy, and how it would fit into the larger picture of free, self-directed education in the future. This is the full 6-14-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This Advanced?’ http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/could-you-modify-it-to-stop-students-from-becoming-this-advanced/
Picture: Hopefully this guy was a theatre major. Co-Hosts: Osborne, Cory Topics: -Understanding college debt -Osborne runs a debt collection company -Our college experiences -Who will end up holding the bag for defaults? -College indoctrination and sycophantic students This is the full 6-7-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Student Loan Debt Hell: 21 Statistics That Will Make You Think Twice About Going To College http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep2/student-loan-debt-hell.html The Higher-Education Bubble Has Popped http://lewrockwell.com/french/french140.html The Subsidized Student Loan Scam http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/10/the-subsidized-student-loan-scam/
Picture: Hopefully this guy was a theatre major. Co-Hosts: Osborne, Cory Topics: -Understanding college debt -Osborne runs a debt collection company -Our college experiences -Who will end up holding the bag for defaults? -College indoctrination and sycophantic students This is the full 6-7-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Student Loan Debt Hell: 21 Statistics That Will Make You Think Twice About Going To College http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep2/student-loan-debt-hell.html The Higher-Education Bubble Has Popped http://lewrockwell.com/french/french140.html The Subsidized Student Loan Scam http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/10/the-subsidized-student-loan-scam/
Picture: A judge and his ethics. Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik Topics: -Voluntarism -Politics Versus Patience -Logic Versus Schooling -Meditation -Poverty -Dropping Out -Honor Student Jailed For Doing Real Work -A 25-minute monologue on the Diane Tran incident (not live) This is hour two of the 5-31-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Diane Tran's Judge Offers a Defense, Sorta http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/06/diane_trans_judge_offers_a_def.php Diane Tran Scandal & The Matter Of Dishonorable Judge Lanny Moriarty Before The Texas Ethics Commission http://durangotexas.blogspot.com/2012/05/matter-of-dishonorable-judge-lanny.html
Picture: A judge and his ethics. Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik Topics: -Voluntarism -Politics Versus Patience -Logic Versus Schooling -Meditation -Poverty -Dropping Out -Honor Student Jailed For Doing Real Work -A 25-minute monologue on the Diane Tran incident (not live) This is hour two of the 5-31-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Diane Tran's Judge Offers a Defense, Sorta http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/06/diane_trans_judge_offers_a_def.php Diane Tran Scandal & The Matter Of Dishonorable Judge Lanny Moriarty Before The Texas Ethics Commission http://durangotexas.blogspot.com/2012/05/matter-of-dishonorable-judge-lanny.html
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik The first hour of the show is predominantly a discussion initiated by a caller named John. He is a tutor seeking some advice on how to introduce some constructive criticism of the government school system to a struggling student and his father. Mandrik also discusses how "alternatives" to the mainstream schooling path have a certain stigma attached to them. This is hour one of the 5-31-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Army Recruiter threatens student with Jail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RgQYDQIT3o
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik The first hour of the show is predominantly a discussion initiated by a caller named John. He is a tutor seeking some advice on how to introduce some constructive criticism of the government school system to a struggling student and his father. Mandrik also discusses how "alternatives" to the mainstream schooling path have a certain stigma attached to them. This is hour one of the 5-31-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST. Look CLoser: Army Recruiter threatens student with Jail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RgQYDQIT3o
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik The theme for this show is recognizing and accessing the whole world that awaits beyond the obedience, conformity and illogic of government school and the college scam. It begins with a North Carolina student who took a video of his teacher telling him he could be arrested for talking badly about Obama. It's a hit on You Tube. This is an edited down version of the 5-24-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST.
Co-Hosts: Osborne, Mandrik The theme for this show is recognizing and accessing the whole world that awaits beyond the obedience, conformity and illogic of government school and the college scam. It begins with a North Carolina student who took a video of his teacher telling him he could be arrested for talking badly about Obama. It's a hit on You Tube. This is an edited down version of the 5-24-12 show. School Sucks is live on the Liberty Radio Network and UStream Thursdays at 10pm EST.
Friday, May 25th, 2012: Richard Grove, Tony Myers, and I guest-hosted on the Corbett Report, a live call-in show on the RBN Network. We spent the hour looking at the life and work of the influential (and frequently misunderstood) German Idealist, Georg Hegel. Bumper Music: "Manges" Darmstadt Look Closer: Show Notes Courtesy of TragedyandHope.com https://www.tragedyandhope.com/friday-night-live-week-2-th-hosts-corbett-report-radio-tonights-topic-hegel/ http://TragedyandHope.com http://www.tragedyandhope.com/ History...So It Doesn't Repeat https://www.tragedyandhope.com/producing-history/ Peace Revolution Podcast http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/ Trivium http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto: Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"
Friday, May 25th, 2012: Richard Grove, Tony Myers, and I guest-hosted on the Corbett Report, a live call-in show on the RBN Network. We spent the hour looking at the life and work of the influential (and frequently misunderstood) German Idealist, Georg Hegel. Bumper Music: "Manges" Darmstadt Look Closer: Show Notes Courtesy of TragedyandHope.com https://www.tragedyandhope.com/friday-night-live-week-2-th-hosts-corbett-report-radio-tonights-topic-hegel/ http://TragedyandHope.com http://www.tragedyandhope.com/ History...So It Doesn't Repeat https://www.tragedyandhope.com/producing-history/ Peace Revolution Podcast http://peacerevolution.podomatic.com/ Trivium http://www.triviumeducation.com/trivium/ Help School Sucks, Tragedy and Hope and John Taylor Gatto: Enter the coupon code: "SCHOOLSUCKS"
