rosiesherry

Apologies, it was meant to be open, it is now.

When the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is also the Comm unity Executive Officer (CEO).

Thank you!

I've been on the verge of starting a local community. I'll do it one day soon.

When I do, I would start with a website/blog, probably using Ghost. Good community starts with good communication. Comments are just fine for initial community building. Once you have some traction, consider a forum.

Also, look into Front Porch Forum, they've been doing it their own way for years, it can work.

If testing / QA is your thing, www.ministryoftesting.com

Otherwise, I hang out on Bluesky.

Parents should've asked the kids if they wanted the instruments.

My son gamed alot for 2-3 years, he's moved on to focusing on maths, philosophy and fitness. He puts me to shame tbh.

It can also lead to massive burnout and mental health problems.

I'm not American. Be careful about jumping to conclusions.

Some people have no kids. Some people have lots. Does it really matter?

I never did calculus. :)

However, my unschooled child loves maths and has...and much more...he's now doing maths at uni. He's also so deep into the philosophy world that my mind hurts just reading the titles of the books he buys.

I wish I had the encouragement and freedom to explore without judgement when I was that age.

Depending on the school, the smaller settings, the different and wider range of activities and support available. I'm particularly attracted to the Montessori way.

I'm concerned about schooled kids not socializing outside of their direct age group :) There's been plenty written about how unhealthy and damaging it can be to only be in a peer group of people your own age.

Honestly, the socialization is a myth. Homeschoolers socialize with all ages, that's healthy and educational from a huge amount of perspectives. e.g: kids can be become leaders by supporting younger or less able kids.

Once you step outside of the system you can start to see the flaws it has.

My kids still get out. They are still taught by qualified professionals. It's just on our terms and in environments that feel healthier to us.

We're not with them all the time, but we definitely don't get as much free time as those that go to school.

Unschoolng is a type of homeschooling where we don't follow a curriculum. Homeschooling still very much exists.

Learning to read and basic maths.

For maths, but they pick it up pretty easily in day to day conversations and activities (ipad and gaming helps, imho)

My 11 year old went to school part time, lasted half a term, but his maths skills were on par with the kids there, if not better. He had never done any formal maths.

I only speak on behalf of our family, everyone has different experiences, but it's still important to recognise that life and education can be done differently.

This doesn't address the issue of whether teaching the way schools teach is actually not very effective.

Self directed learning (which is basically unschooling) is so powerful and it's not uncommon for kids to go from zero reading to reading thick books (like Harry Potter, for example), within 6 months.

Kids/people have to want to learn and it's hard to manage that in a school setting.

I know as an adult that I can't learn things that I'm not interested in, it's the same for kids. And the curriculum is generally not very interesting.

And there's not selective bias in the curriculum?

It's also funny how my kids outwit me and know so many things that I don't know about.

And how I've gone on to specialise in what drives me, and that just works.

Or how my eldest self taught himself maths to uni level and is now doing maths at uni.

Well, it is about community, on a community focused website, with a title that says community :)

I write about community from lived experiences and reference my lived community experiences, it's the most authentic way to do it.

I'd actually prefer people don't join that community. It's a very special little place on the internet for me. And people that know me know understand it's got nothing to do with money, that it's a fun experiment and the money is just a way to attract the right kind of people and make the community a joy to run.

There are definitely nuances and unclear boundaries of where the boundaries between 'public' and 'community' are.

I think the more active building in public people feel it is a community, but it probably takes them a while to get there. Some people need extra support to get to that public stage, or need a more private space to talk about things they feel they can't do in public.

Part of building in community is to create a supportive environment to help them build in public better. For example, I often say tell people 'in community' that something they've just said would be a great tweet. They tweet it and then I share or jump in the conversation there too.

Thanks swyx. I think people underestimate the benefits and need to express ourselves in more trusted spaces.

Thanks, I love finding living examples of old forums :)

Do you have any examples?

Just to be clear, this is not my story, just wish I had been proactive at that age!

Some thoughts that spring to mind:

The first step to becoming more diverse is acknowledging the lack of diversity.

To get diversity more effort needs to happen in reaching out, most people don't do this because it requires extra work. As you mentioned, many people feel these things are not for them. Or perhaps they lack the confidence/skills/bravery to take things or even to enquire about the investment.

I saw the founders of Code Untapped give a talk the other week. They run hackathon/meetups and they are always experimenting and changing the times of them to try to reach more people who otherwise might not be able to attend.

And if you want to reach a diverse audience have diversity in your team, easier said than done, I know. But if you do things like Venture Partners, you could make a point of only having Venture Partners who are minorities. But also be prepared for white males to kick up a stink if you do this <--- I see this a lot!

A few articles on this, not many.

https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/news/ceo-of-i...

https://www.businessinsider.com/intercom-ceo-eoghan-mccabe-a... (has a paywall)

This one struck a chord for me, related to trying to share your personal/health situation at work, not a topic that is talked about alot - https://ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/i-have-a-secret-a...

Another reason not to support Uber. People need to stop using services from companies with behaviour like this.

It's nothing like Montessori! Montessori have clearly defined materials and approaches, the only similar idea is perhaps the point of choosing what to study/learn, but even that is questionable.

I'm a unschooler. I had a quick look. Not sure how it really differs from Khan Academy? (Apart from Khan Academy being much more developed).

Not sure where it says I don't pay a real salary? My husband leads the tech along with a part time freelance developer.