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Oct 20, 2015
College: indeed a loaded subject for many unschoolers. Today our challenge was to navigate the Western Colorado State College campus as prospective students. A scavenger-hunt-esque challenge, minus the points and competition, plus real world skills. Some of the items on our list were to talk to an admissions officer about the requirements of applying as […]
Oct 20, 2015
It was a dark and stormy night, in a small town where, if you come up with any business idea aside from a coffee shop, you won’t have any competition. We were given $20 of seed money to make into the biggest amount possible in 5 hours. Ideas of bake sales and conversation booths were […]
Oct 15, 2015
For my individual challenge, I chose to write a short story. Not only was I planning to finish said story, but I also hoped to send it out into the world to be shared or even published. …I failed. Well, at least I failed the challenge within the guidelines that I had established. I certainly […]
Oct 14, 2015
I’m Lil. The past two days we did individual self designed challenges, and I challenged myself to write record and produce an EP and post it to Bandcamp. The first day was filled with a lot of procrastination, tears, pep talks, recording, deleting and rerecording. At the end of the day I had two very […]
Oct 14, 2015
In a hole, in the ground, there lived… Failure. Yes folks I failed. I failed in the sense that I did not complete the challenge that I set for myself. But I did come away with a few different lessons, and the aspiration to record a little more of The Hobbit audiobook every weekend for […]
Oct 14, 2015
This Monday and Tuesday, everyone was tasked with creating their own self designed, solo challenge. I decided, after hearing the input of some of my friends, that writing a song, performing it, and posting the performance online would be the perfect challenge for me. I enjoy music and love playing my guitar, but I am […]
Oct 14, 2015
Its rare to find someone you truly enjoy being around. Eric Darby is that person. He is the most accomplished person I know with a life of adventure and endless great stories. Today he invited me to his metal workshop to learn welding. It was the prettiest workshop ever with a view overlooking Mt. Lamborn. […]
Oct 14, 2015
My challenge was to design my own two day challenge (more like day and a half), and carry it out. To be honest, even the simple act of brainstorming proved to be a challenge for me. But when this idea was thrown at me, I knew I had to do it. I set out on […]
Oct 14, 2015
For my 2-day self-designed challenge I chose to attempt to write a short play, while not eating, speaking, or sleeping. It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I for the most part succeed on the not eating or speaking (I did chew gum and I accidentally spoke several times), however […]
Oct 14, 2015
Picture this, your two most favorite desserts in the entire world combined into one! Well today I made that a reality, I combined a Victoria sponge cake and pumpkin pie. To create the wonderful Pumpkin Spice Sponge Sandwich! My two day self-designed challenge was to create a sweet and savory dish from two of my […]