Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

This video is 7 years old, so he's 20 years old now. I wonder if he has done a sequel..., and I do hope he's happy.

School is about passing rather than learning anything. Today, most kids just google anything they need and as soon as the homework or test is complete, we immediately forget it again. This is why I will be homeschooling my children rather than taking them to public school

he seems so prepared for life

I honestly don't understand why people think homeschoolers will never have any social skills. Just because a student might be with kids the same age doesn't mean he/she will blossom socially. I'm in a public high school and I have little to no social skills, I feel too afraid to talk most of the time. It really doesn't make a difference people

Probably the least annoying 13 year old you could ever run into on Call of Duty.

This kid knows more than 90% of adults, myself included... Thanks for the inspiration kid ;)

This guy is going to grow up a genius.

with a thirteen year old kid speaking in a way that normal kids dont(at least in my country), actually amazing with such a mature mind, no fear of public speaking(doesnt mind if hes wathcing the screen or not), surely environment does have a impact on the kids, really amazing!!1

you know john lennon once said "My mom told me to grow up happy. On a test they asked me what do you want to be when you grow up? I answered Happy. They told me I didn't understand the question. I told them they didn't understand life."

I was homeschooled my whole life, and not a day goes by that I am not unimaginably thankful for it. 

He's so articulate

I find this pretty accurate. And it's true, school isn't about learning, it's about passing.

Seriously dude. I'm 29. I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. Thanks Public School!

He's so confident for his age! Such a brilliant talk, wish I knew a lot of this at 13.

School is a waste of time. Learning, on the other hand, is freakin' magical. I had so many teachers in the public school sector that could not use the words than/then correctly it's not even funny.

I love what this kid calls "hackschooling." - I do it. Except, I go to public school right now. I am in 10th grade.  Let me say that I am one of the worst students in the school! What I mean by that is not my grades. I am in moderate to advanced classes. My GPA is 3.8 or something like that. I don't know. I don't identify with that much because I don't believe a number tells me how much I'm worth. What I mean is that I hate school an awful lot. I have a countdown app on my phone for when I get out. I find it very interesting to talk to other kids about what they're going to do when we get out this summer. What I find the more and more with kids I talk to, there really is no love for learning at school or in life in general. Everyone says that they just want to sleep. Literally, that's it! I don't want to sleep. WELL, I do want to sleep, but I only want to get enough sleep so I can function healthily during the day so I can be productive. I am going to pursue my skills in cooking. I am going to get up everyday at 7:30 AM, walk while listening to TED talks or other forms of knowledge. Perhaps I will listen to the French language. I hope to become fluent in French this summer. I am putting my phone in French, labeling everything in my house, learning to think in french by trying to put everything I say/ think in English in the former language, and I have contact with other french people so I can make sure I am doing it right. They will help me learn french in exchange for the help I have given them in making money online. After that I am going to eat a big breakfast at 8:00 AM. Then I will get to work on perfecting my Javascript so I can build my photography website. - I love photography and have bought equipment for it. I am going to get back into lifting weights. I did 5x5 last summer and gained 30 pounds and I filled out in a lot of areas. I want to get back into a weight lifting program. Why am I a teenager that likes doing all of this? Because I like making myself a better person... And I like inspiring others to do the same. My friends and I said we are also going to ACTUALLY learn German together. We are going to help each other with it. We are going to speak with each other in it when we would normally speak english. Why was actually in all caps? You see, I took German at school (but I am done). I never learned German. I MEMORIZED German to pass my tests. Just like I did/do with everything else at school. Other children don't learn anything at school after a certain age. Actually kids do learn things. They learn how to be fake. They learn how to make themselves look like they are more important than they actually are. Or better than they actually are. They know how to goldbrick. They want a good grade. Not a better mind full of practical knowledge that helps make them and in turn the world a better place.  KIDS LEARN TO HATE LEARNING. This is so dangerous. If we as a society actually were smart, wouldn't we see this as a MAJOR PROBLEM???  People hating learning is like people hating sex. WE NEED PEOPLE TO LIKE LEARNING OR THE HUMAN RACE IS GOING TO DIE! Without people who like learning, we won't be maximizing our potential. People never get to live there life full. We need creative people in this world! We have over 7 billion people on this planet and very soon a lot of aspects of our life will need to be reinvented! There is hope for everyone. The kid who's parents neglected him his whole life. The football jock who has everything handed to him in life because he plays sports. The pretty girls who rely on looks to get through life. Everyone can be morphed.  But we won't get there with this current education system that facilitates contempt towards learning. People need to love learning! they can! I am an average kid! If I can love it anyone can! The right conditions need to be placed in our system. Help ME!!! I am dying from this. Everyday I wake up going to a building that teaches us nothing but how to get through life and not how to live it. Our potential is at stake! We have SO MANY RESOURCES. Anyone with internet can learn anything for free these days. We are, for the most part, well fed, we have clean water to drink, computers, cars, computers, AC, heating, and plumbing. All these useful things. I think it is time we all be brought up in a culture that facilitates the love of learning and allows people to use these tools to make the world greater. I wrote so much. I am just so glad to see another kid with my views on life and learning. Poor, poor, public school children, who may never know how fun learning is. Joe.

Except that homeschooling is either more expensive or requires really intelligent, well-educated parents, which not all children are privileged of having. Some can only afford free, public education, and still deserve to be believed in.

Damn this guy is lucky to have had his parents pulling him out of school. I am 21 years old and crying looking at his future... But it's not too late and I am happy to have seen this. I am finishing my Bachelor this year and then, a gypsy life for me as I have always dreamed of. 

The fact that that 13 year old kid can stand up and talk in front of that large of an audience is just mind boggling.

"making a life rather than making a living" thanks for the wise one.