The Teenage Liberation Handbook

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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (ISBN 0-9629591-7-0) by Grace Llewellyn is a book about unschooling. Inspired by John Holt's educational views, among others, the book encourages teenagers to leave full-time school and let their curiosity guide their learning. It includes suggestions and resources regarding traditional academic areas, as well as chapters about talking to parents, social life, college, and exploring the world.

Llewellyn, a former teacher now disillusioned with the education system, also discusses the many reasons why schools are not providing a positive learning environment, why the methods employed are not effective and why many young people are miserable there for much of the time. She provides a guide to living ones life in a way where we simply "absorb information from the world around us" rather than spending over 12 years in an institution learning from a distance.

[edit] External links

• The Teenage Liberation Handbook @ Amazon.com
• Book review: Harris, Leah (November 2003). "The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education". Off Our Backs. Retrieved on 2006-08-23. (Online copy from FindArticles.com)
• Wigley, Griff (1993). "The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education. - book reviews". Whole Earth Review (Winter). Retrieved on 2006-08-23. (Online copy from FindArticles.com)
• Southan, Rhvs (October 2001). "Guerrilla Unschooling - Grace Llewellyn on why school can damage kids - Brief Article - Interview". Reason. Retrieved on 2006-08-23. (Online copy from FindArticles.com)