291: Unschooling: Learning Off The Beaten Path – Joshua Sheats

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In the third and final installment of our three-part series, Joshua and I dive even deeper into the vast array of knowledge Joshua has acquired over the years, both through his own research and his real-life experience educating his own five children. Enjoy! Joshua is an expert financial planner who teaches normal people how to seamlessly connect the science of financial planning with the joy of goal achievement. He is the host of the Radical Personal Finance podcast and, as you’ve heard across this three-part series, is also passionate about education and worldschooling with his five children.

TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH JOSHUA SHEATS

• Find out what you can glean about learning from the story of a Hungarian scientist who raised three daughters to become world-class chess prodigies.
• Discover how the concept of comprehensible input is the key to learning foreign languages.
• Learn why Joshua and I agree that no matter how far technology advances, the ability to converse face-to-face in multiple languages will always have massive value.
• You’ll be blown away when you hear Joshua’s calculation of just how many languages a person can learn - if they put the time in.
• Listen in to hear Joshua and I discuss the concept of learning multiple languages as ‘stackable’ by learning languages with similar roots.
• Discover the most important book you have to read to grasp the learning concepts we discuss today fully
• Do we really need to learn all the subjects taught in traditional education? What subjects should we discard?
• By the end of this episode, you will have a whole new perspective on what learning really means.

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HOW TO FIND JOSHUA SHEATS

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CONCLUSION

What an incredible conversation with Joshua Sheats! I was so grateful that he was able to devote three hours of his time to discuss the very important educational concepts he has learned through homeschooling, unschooling and worldschooling his five children. If you missed parts 1 and 2, be sure to go back and check out the last two episodes. Together, they will completely alter how you look at the concept of learning; I guarantee it. I’ll see you next Wednesday!

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