If you truly think about it, it likely has nothing to do with school. And even if it does, you may find that your life has a much greater purpose than what you’re doing at school or after graduation with a degree. As they say, school is a vacuum where everyone is forced to learn the same things at the same times and even at the same age, but that’s not how kids find their purpose in life. Since all kids are uniquely different, they each have their own individuality. Ask yourself whether The Purpose of School aligns with your purpose in life.
“We spend the beginning of our lives completely disconnected from our purpose and passions. Then we spend the rest of our lives trying to find our purpose and pursue our passions.” ~ “Unschooling.com”
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ~ Pablo Picasso
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.” ~ Washington Irving
“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” ~ Mark Twain
“Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life.” ~ Michael Leboeuf
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier, Maud Muller - Pamphlet
“I looked outside to see what I could make the world give me, instead of looking inside to see what was there.” ~ Bell Livingstone
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky [1821-1881]
“To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life—think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.” ~ Swami Vivekananda
“How many have been persuaded that they needed to make it their life’s purpose to find a job, follow a career, be normal, fit in, or seek security, prestige, power or possessions? What great blessings has the world missed out on because of these choices?” ~ Oliver DeMille, [The Student Whisperer: Inspiring Genius]
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ~ Robert Byrne
“You had a purpose before anyone had an opinion.” ~ Unknown
"If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” ~ Lewis Caroll
“Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.” ~ Aristotle
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” ~ Michael Altshuler
“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.” ~ Max DePree
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” ~ Kurt Cobain
“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.” ~ Nora Roberts
“Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“Instead of teaching children to get ‘there’, why not let them be here? Where is ‘there’ anyway? The world needs more ‘here’ than ‘there’.” ~ Vince Gowmon
“So Many People are Expecting a Miracle Instead of Being a Miracle.” ~Wayne Dyer
“Working hard for something that we don’t care about is called stress; Working hard for something we love is called passion.” – Simon Sinek
“If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.” ~ T. Harv Eker
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.” ~ Maya Mendoza
“The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling.” ~ Fabienne Fredrickson
Just because kids may not be interested in learning what you want them to, it’s because they are busy learning what they want to, finding their purpose and that is exactly how you foster a love of learning by respecting their life’s purpose. It’s all about creating a meaningful life that you love living and that brings you happiness. If school doesn’t make you happy or wont help you achieve your life’s purpose, you should dropout. The following quote is why it’s always best to learn from people that are doing rather than teachers that are teaching and telling you what to do and what to think.
“Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach.”
"Those who can’t “teach,” “administrate.”
What drives you? Passion or Compulsion? If your life is driven by compulsion, you may want to consider your Children’s Rights & Values
What if the purpose of your life is to have fun and enjoy it?
Do you honestly think you will find greater success in life by pursing your passions or following the agenda these schools have laid out for you? School is a straight paved path to nowhere whereas unschooling is an unpaved path that’s ready for you to pave your own way.
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.” ~ Maya Mendoza
What do millennials care about? (According to a peer research study)
- The majority say, the most important thing I will do in my life is be a good parent (51%)
- Be a good husband or wife (30%)
- Be a useful and integrated helpful member of their community
I highly recommend the book “Think & Grow Rich” which is one of the top self-help books of all time. This powerful book has created more millionaires and billionaires than any other self-help product which is why it’s on our Best Unschooling Books list. I LITERALLY READ THIS BOOK AND DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT AFTER.
"The enormous tragedy for young people today is that so many are sealed off by law from any involvement in the commercial marketplace … until it is too late. This means that they know not the heartbeat of civilization itself. This terrible condition persists until their young adulthood.
It is their luxury — for the first time in world history! — to sit at desks for a full decade after they are old enough to be working. Instead of skills and experience, they mostly learn little other than how to be bored for extended periods.
When that time is up, they are thrown out into a world they can’t possibly navigate or even comprehend and told: “Get a job, pay your debts, and be a success.”
Great system? Not so great." ~ Jeffrey A. Tucker (Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research)
“It’s never too late to trade in your deadlihood for a livelihood.”
“Refuse to suffer during the week days; Ironic they call it that because you’re literally in a weak daze where you’re constantly waiting for the weekend.”
Prince Ea has some amazing videos on school here: