A home for ambitious kids

It's been tough finding other motivated kids locally. Primer has solved this for the 12 year old. There are kids from around the world. His peer group is not limited to the few homeschool/unschool kids in our city. This made it much easier to find kids w/similar interests to his. It's also project based, encouraging kids to tackle big things.

It's been so fun to see Paxton connect with friends on primer. He said to me the other day that he's made more friends on primer than he ever had in public school

Maya is making meaningful connections with the other kids. The social part is priceless. The early teenage years are when kids start to crave more complex social interactions. That drives their learning in many ways.

It's been tough finding other motivated kids locally. Primer has solved this for the 12 year old. There are kids from around the world. His peer group is not limited to the few homeschool/unschool kids in our city. This made it much easier to find kids w/similar interests to his. It's also project based, encouraging kids to tackle big things.

It's been so fun to see Paxton connect with friends on primer. He said to me the other day that he's made more friends on primer than he ever had in public school

Maya is making meaningful connections with the other kids. The social part is priceless. The early teenage years are when kids start to crave more complex social interactions. That drives their learning in many ways.

The number one value of Pursuits is opportunities for Deep Work on new and interesting things, with a team, that allow for research and communication in a way that brings them out of ‘only’ interacting with other kids online via Minecraft or the like. I’d say it’s the long term project that really is the value - it’s so much more than the fleeting ‘junk food’ type entertainment available elsewhere.

And while I know they’re learning on so many levels with this, to them they are actually being entertained as well… They are coming to us excitedly telling us what they’re deciding or what they’re writing. There’s a lot of pride in what they are working on. They feel very smart, which helps build the confidence to keep going.”

She has been telling me about an investor pitch her team made. It's awesome to see her learning all these life skills she would never learn at school. I think she enjoys the science part of it and has also shown interest in the business part. She also generally enjoys collaborating, so that part has been enjoyable for her.

The number one value of Pursuits is opportunities for Deep Work on new and interesting things, with a team, that allow for research and communication in a way that brings them out of ‘only’ interacting with other kids online via Minecraft or the like. I’d say it’s the long term project that really is the value - it’s so much more than the fleeting ‘junk food’ type entertainment available elsewhere.

And while I know they’re learning on so many levels with this, to them they are actually being entertained as well… They are coming to us excitedly telling us what they’re deciding or what they’re writing. There’s a lot of pride in what they are working on. They feel very smart, which helps build the confidence to keep going.”

She has been telling me about an investor pitch her team made. It's awesome to see her learning all these life skills she would never learn at school. I think she enjoys the science part of it and has also shown interest in the business part. She also generally enjoys collaborating, so that part has been enjoyable for her.