Hi, I’m Rée.
Growing up, I felt like the education system wasn’t built for people like me to succeed. As a student with undiagnosed neurodivergence, learning disabilities, and anxiety, I struggled to learn in the ways my peers learned.
In the decades following, I became an educator and taught in various classrooms around the world. I taught in public schools, private universities, large government funded programs, and small academies. I designed curriculum, measured student success, and even assessed teacher efficacy.
Then, while teaching a group of English language learners in South Korea, who like me, hadn’t received adequate attention in school, I realized I was using the same methodologies as the ones that had failed me.
homeroom is my attempt to remedy this on an international scale. To speak with as many people from around the world about their own education systems to rethink what schools can be. What it should be, when we design systems and metrics which are inclusive of more diverse types of learners and thinkers with varying levels of family involvement and access to resources.
In this episode, I speak with Adrienne, a former teacher and unschooling mom—about her experience from teaching to becoming an unschooling mom. We talk about her growing up in a Mormon household while attending a French Catholic school, and how she found her voice within those environments, or didn’t. We also discuss her journey from teaching in the control-based classroom to finding an arrangement for her children that prioritizes community, health, and activism. This is a conversation that summarizes so much of the lessons I learned over the past 3 seasons, in one very articulately expressed episode––thanks Adrienne!
Check out our conversation on Spotify or Apple, and follow us on Instagram.
About Us
Adrienne is a former teacher turned unschooling mom of three living out their family’s dream life on Vancouver island. She teaches parents how to break away from the status quo and be more present, so they can create an authentic life alongside their kids outside of school without overwhelm and burnout. https://www.instagram.com/these_reveries/
Rée is a visual storyteller and educator exploring the consequences that mass education has on creativity, identity, and interpersonal connection. https://www.instagram.com/theinterdisciplinarian