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Unschooling

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What it's like to have never been to school — and teach yourself everything.

I’ve never been to any school. Not elementary school, not middle school, not high school. My parents practiced unschooling — they let me do whatever I wanted with all my time. As one might expect, I spent a lot of time gaming. What this actually looked like From ages 0 to 7, I played around as a kid outside. Not much of note that I remember :-) From 7 to 12, I played a lot of tennis. At the peak, I played 5hrs/day at academies my family could barely afford even after the scholarships we got. I eventually burned out from the pressure and a toxic coach. Thank God I did, because I was…

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