Oct 29, 2015
You might ask yourself what happens to a born criminal mastermind when you make him do repetitive and pointless tasks, like juggling potatoes for hours. Well, he gets bored, then runs off and picks locks on electric panel boxes in construction sites, diving in bushes when he hears a noise. I started out trying parkour, […]
Oct 29, 2015
In the immortal words of Midge Field, “I had heard the word lit before, but I never truly understood the meaning of it.” Today we learned. We began our challenge the night before when we sat down with Ari in The Spare Oom to discuss the trials and tribulations that we would face the next […]
Oct 29, 2015
Hello, My name is Katie, I am seventeen and requesting an endorsement from you for my website that I developed with Blake Boles during Week 2 of the Adventure Semester. This would be very helpful for me to help legitimatize my website as I send it to future employers, and as I apply to more programs […]
Oct 28, 2015
Let me set a scene for you. Eight people of various genders, sitting silent in a convention center on Mount Crested Butte, Colorado. Shoes are strewn on the floor, pillows are being solidly clutched, and a fact hangs heavy in the air between them: no one is perfect. Everyone has problems with those they cohabitate […]
Oct 28, 2015
Today six unschoolers completed six different challenges, with one unifying goal: to learn to persevere. Each of these challenges was narrow in scope enough to stress repetition, yet much variety existed. Some challenge involved a repetition of simple task. Oscar focused on learning how to juggle, a skill he found quite difficult to master. Max […]
Oct 28, 2015
Today, my group’s challenge was to learn how to compose and send different types of emails to individuals we didn’t know, but found interesting in some way. Through this challenge, I’ve learned how to ask for a letter of recommendation via email, and sent one to someone who I thought would be a good candidate […]
Oct 26, 2015
Hello Reader, My name is Catherine Canann. I am a participant in the U.A. Adventure Semester. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. As you know, every day we have a unique challenge. Today, that challenge was to write emails to strangers in Denver who we would like to connect with, […]
Oct 26, 2015
“Oh my god, this is my school.” Dave exclaimed. “Dude, I know.” I returned. We were about an hour into our task, dubbed the “Perseverance challenge,” and in very high spirits. Everyone was given menial, repetitive activities to execute; things such as juggling or learning a skateboard trick. Once we had our activity, we had […]
Oct 26, 2015
Our challenge today was to be vulnerable. We opened ourselves to the (sometimes tough) feedback from our group under the facilitation of Ari and Marian. Most of us felt a fairly strong sense of panic over the idea of this challenge, as we heard rumor of it throughout the weekend, but when it came time […]
Oct 23, 2015
Hello homeschoolers, unschoolers, so on and so forth! Today is day 5 of week 6 of the UA Adventure Semester, and today, I believe, we took an important step in our lives – we spent the day visiting Western State Colorado University. Now, I know some of you may be considering skipping college, living your […]