By Sonya terBorg

This piece of work is based on Seth Godin’s Stop Stealing Dreams.  This manifesto is a powerful piece of work that has the potential to change the way we think about and “do” education – if people will read it.  As Seth said of his work, “This isn’t a prescription. It’s not a manual. It’s a series of provocations, ones that might resonate and that I hope will provoke conversation.”  He goes on to add that, “None of this writing is worth the effort if the ideas are not shared” and urges his readers to most of all, “Go do something!” – anything, but settle.

Based on the premise that no matter how good it is for you, some people just won’t do it (which applies to reading Seth’s manifesto), inspired by the gorgeous books of Dallas Clayton, and encouraged, prodded and praised by the best cheerleader a teacher could ever ask for, in parent and friend, Patricia Northrop, this book was written.  It’s not perfect, nor is it ‘finished’ in that I want to play with the illustrations but the time for that is not now.  Now is the time to ship it.  To share it.  To get it “out there”.

Along the way, numerous people have asked me, “Who is your target audience?” My audience is you!  The person holding this book or scanning this page.  As you read this you will be exposing yourself to some of the powerful ideas from Seth’s manifesto and your world will be forever changed – so much so, that you will want to share this and in doing so, share the message we all need to act on: MAKE SCHOOL DIFFERENT.

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Click here to access the bibliography and additional readings that inspired this book.