Welcome to Season 2 of the Wildcast!
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Kiddo Cosio and the School of Unschooling
I call him Captain Fantastic, a monicker from one of my favorite movies of all time of a father that defies convention and raises his kids in the wilderness giving them an education better that is better than what most of us will get going through traditional school.
A self confessed drop out Kiddo's life has been anything but conventional. Growing up in a Christian family living abroad coming home and setting up one of the first specialty coffee shops, El Union, in La Union with his wife Amy in 2012. He is one of the most recognizable faces in Philippine specialty coffee and a community leader in the surfing town of San Juan La Union.
His mantra is easily summed up as to live life with curiosity and an open mind and this reflects in the way he has ran El Union over the last 8 years and raised his children in what would be considered the most unconventional education, none of his kids have gone to a traditional school but they are very well educated they can surf, run a business, and quote from the myriad of books they read because like their father they have been thought to go through life with inquisitiveness and a drive to learn and digest the world around them.
We talk about this Unschooling and how El Union has adapted to the pandemic which includes providing a standard living wage to everyone in their little company including themselves -a novel idea if a bit socialist but something we should all consider moving forward for a more humane economic system.
Birds fly, fish swim, and humans learn -The School of Unschooling
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