This is huge for Japan.
Today, together with our local free school, Niigata Unschooling Meetup held it’s first meetup ever!
We are trying to reshape and reframe the way the culture here views schooling and education in general, and it’s not through antagonistic fighting or criticism, but through living unschooling and letting others see the results.
If you are not familiar with the unschooling philosophy, you can learn more here.
What did we do today that was so important? WE PLAYED!!!!
A short video of today’s fun:
I’m so pleased with how everything went today.
It took about an hour for everyone to get really warmed up and start intermingling, but after they did, everyone had a lot of fun.
There was no “plan,” save for a short ice breaker game at the beginning. After that, free time. I was amazed at how everyone reconvened for lunch at the same time, with no central direction. Spontaneous order is a real thing. And it happens because we as humans can flow with the natural rhythm of things, without being forced.
Anyway, the main thing is...everybody seemed to have a good time, and one friend seems interested in the unschooling approach for his children as well. This is great!
Peace, love, and unschooling,
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)