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That’s the title of a seminar I’ll be running during IAP:

Unschooling Yourself, Deschooling Society Alec Resnick, Eric Von Hippel Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 03-04:30pm, E51-376
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below) Participants welcome at individual sessions (series) Come take some time out to think about how the assumptions we’ve taken for granted about schooling and education for decades have perverted everything from the educational process to the job market to the health care system. We’ll be thinking about how to fix and change education through the lens of close readings of two books by Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society, and Tools for Conviviality. For those interested, we’ll work on writing articles about our educational experiences, as MIT students, for publication in educational media. Contact: Alec Resnick, aresnick@MIT.EDU Sponsor: Sloan School of Management

I’m looking for people to push back against Illich’s ideas. And I’m looking for people who will fall in love with them. And I’m looking to learn how to tell people about them and excite them effectively. And I’m pretty sure this seminar will do all of that (assuming anyone comes).