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This week’s episode of Educationeering features a radical pioneer in alternative education.

Derek Magill is an entrepreneur and writer focused on the education, career launch and Bitcoin Cash industries. After dropping out of college during his sophomore year as Classics major, Derek worked in the firearms industry and started a marketing company that worked with companies around the United States.

He is currently the Director of Marketing at Praxis and has worked with companies such as Voice & Exit,The Objective Standard, the Foundation for Economic Education,Glockstore,Colliers International,Daily Caller,and Undertech.

He has been a guest lecturer at the Foundation for Economic Education and The Institute for Humane Studies and has spokenat dozens of conferences and universities internationally. Derek is the author of the upcoming essay collection “Create Your Career” and a top writer for Quora in the College Dropouts and Bitcoin Cash section with over 1.5 million views.

The above is an excerpt from Derek’s website, derekmagill.com.

Derek’s Story:

Derek began realizing as young as kindergarten age that traditional school was not beneficial to him. This idea impacted all his school years, till he eventually dropped out of college.

School gets in the way of learning, Derek believes.

“Are you learning to accomplish goals that you set for yourself, or are you checking off academic boxes?” -Derek

We cover:

how projects teach better than academic courses (10:00)
how parents’ views of children impact their lives (15:00)
whether the education system should be reformed (19:00)
how Derek built his career after dropping out of college (22:00)
Derek’s advice for young people on how to get started (29:00)

“Don’t wait. In the absence of having a perfect plan, you can still follow through on something smaller.”-Derek

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