it wasn't ALL from television and gaming, but I did learn a lot from those things. I learned economics from playing World of Warcraft (auctionhouse 101) spelling / vocab / grammar from typing during games, any time I didn't know a word I would look it up because I didn't want to sound dumb. science/history have there respective channels on TV. I still did some work with math books, read some literature etc. but it was rare, and I was still able to graduate highschool 2 years early. The thing that being unschooled has taught me more then anything, is that I can learn something if I WANT to, extremely easily. When I wanted my GED I had no problem studying and getting it.

To answer your main question though, I have basic knowledge in all subjects that are applicable to society, the rest is all about finding what I love to do (which for the time being is cooking) and figuring out the best source of knowledge available to me. I'm applying for a culinary apprenticeship in April, wish me luck! :D

That sounds pretty awesome. TBH, not that much that I learned from high school I'll ever use now or in the future. Most learning really does happen outside of school. The only question I have is, are you still eligible to apply for university/college? Because not having a degree of some sort actually closes off a lot of potential career opportunities out there in today's society.

agtemd

Canada362 Posts

November 17 2010 23:00 GMT

#128

This does make me want to watch daily 100 again, first time i watched it was maybe a month or 2 after i found out about day9 back in may/june and i couldn't sleep and found daily 100 and thought it'd be a good watch despite it being 5am in the morning and it was exam time. This is a great article!!

Iyerbeth

England2410 Posts

November 17 2010 23:08 GMT

#129

Your mom seems really quite awesome, and that's a really great article so thanks for sharing it.

JulianSidewind

Canada52 Posts

November 17 2010 23:11 GMT

#130

That was great. Your mom rocks

I kind of want to show it to my mom now...

Guard

Canada43 Posts

November 17 2010 23:14 GMT

#131

I don't even know why or how I watched the #100, but I remember clearly being so impressed with that dude. So many things in life can be related to such hobbies as SC it's scary. The way I do things and the way I think about things is so different from a lot of people because of this.

Your mom is awesome (that goes without saying). Last week I went to GSL party in Toronto and told my parents I'll be coming home in the morning because of it. My dad has always viewed the games that I play as "Chasing monsters around the screen." The next day he actually asked me "Can you explain to me why watching Starcraft is so much fun for you?" I don't think he got all of what I was telling him, but that didn't really matter it's the question that was important.

iSiN

United States1075 Posts

November 17 2010 23:18 GMT

#132

I really wish she would have mentioned that Sean is finishing his masters degree so he's not only a great student of life but also a great student of the traditional fashion

desRow

Canada2654 Posts

November 17 2010 23:19 GMT

#133

awesome and unexpected lol

bubO

United States367 Posts

November 17 2010 23:22 GMT

#134

this is awesome im totally gona show this to my mom HELL YEAH!

Philip2110

Scotland798 Posts

November 17 2010 23:25 GMT

#135

On November 18 2010 07:41 0mgVitaminE wrote:
Ya this makes me want to watch the 100th again.
Manly tears

Yeh i just finished watching it now.

vectorix108

United States4633 Posts

November 17 2010 23:29 GMT

#136

oh wow amazing article. more people should watch the 100th

ionlyplayPROtoss

Canada573 Posts

November 17 2010 23:29 GMT

#137

, my mom will NEVER EVER EVER watch anything to do with starcraft so she'll never experience the magic of it...

_Epic

United States34 Posts

November 17 2010 23:32 GMT

#138

Haha, my mom watched it too. She really liked it and was asking me all these questions about him. It's a really good story though, so I'm not surprised.

Gaxton

Sweden2328 Posts

November 17 2010 23:36 GMT

#139

Watched it again after reading this thread.
And yes, its just as touching the second time : )
Kodos to OP's mom, and Day9's mom, and all other moms out there <3

sputnik.theory

Poland449 Posts

November 17 2010 23:37 GMT

#140

i can't believe you showed a day9 daily to your parent :X