Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante | TEDxUniversityofNevada

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Published 2013-02-12
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When 13 year-old Logan LaPlante grows up, he wants to be happy and healthy. He discusses how hacking his education is helping him achieve this goal.

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All Comments (21)
  • @0livermile3
    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.
  • @theunknown6492
    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
  • @hung89341
    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
  • @treborhg_9381
    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
  • @mrod9590
    This kid knows more than 90% of adults, myself included... Thanks for the inspiration kid ;)
  • @MeLonMSP
    I find this pretty accurate. And it's true, school isn't about learning, it's about passing.
  • @emmalouge123
    I was homeschooled my whole life, and not a day goes by that I am not unimaginably thankful for it. 
  • 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.
  • @veryallen3
    "making a life rather than making a living" thanks for the wise one.
  • @mimisdailydose
    I'm so glad something like this is trending. I share a lot of these thoughts and I'm from Germany. I'm doing my A-Levels in 1 year and I can already feel the stress of all of it. I love that someone finally said "I want to be happy when I grow up". I sit in school and later on at home and force information into my brain, after which I sit and cry because I can't remember it or feel like I don't have enough time to learn it. What he talks about is just amazing and something I hope will be avaliable for everyone by the time I have kids:) I don't want to be scared of the future anymore.
  • @holisticmaya
    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. 
  • 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.
  • This is why I'm so glad that I was homeschooled, I would have shriveled up and died in public school. Honestly I would have become a very different person, and I would never have gotten the creative opportunities or skills that homeschooling allowed me to pursue.
  • @ChristinaSmith
    Wow, this kid's talk makes me want to cry and start my life over again.
  • @aliceetaylorr
    He's so confident for his age! Such a brilliant talk, wish I knew a lot of this at 13.
  • @jason8952
    "When I grow-up, I want to be happy". What a lovely child. "Happiness is a choice".
  • @JohnsonKayla12
    I love the comments of these TED videos because it shows the diversity in human thinking and nature. This is the main reason I don't believe in world peace or the absence of evil or crime based on certain dependents. We humans will never agree on one answer, or one way to live life... Not everyone will be an optimist and not everyone will be a pessimist. It's good to have balance anyway. I personally love topics and videos such as these. Yet I don't expect it to be groundbreaking or change the world. Take it in individually if it rings true with you, and keep it moving. Simple right?