APTB Words
Here you can find explanations for the words we use at APTB. Similar to a glossary…
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Another term borrowed from the Bitcoin world. There are a lot of issues, we could also see them as symptoms of the rotten system that will naturally be fixed when you unschool.
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When a groupd of children following a common interest, work on a project together or meet regularly, they create a Club
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Fiat means ‘by decree‘ or ‘let it be done‘, as in following the authorities demand without questioning it. It’s a term that is used in the Bitcoin space and which we’ve taken over at APTB to express our authoriy-immunity.
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If someone decides to start to unschool their kids after you spoke to them about it, you have green-pilled the person.
We don’t try to preach and convert people. However, we don’t hide that we unschool either, give our honest opinion about education, share our own experience or of those whose eye-opening books we’ve read.
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An adult present at APTB who is ready to help a child when needed.
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APTB followers, members, fans and supporters are called Plebbles.
AJ came up with this term after the Bitcoin Atlantis conference where we had given away hand-painted pebbles. Bitcoiners call themselves plebs, so the combo of PEBBLES & PLEBS makes up the word for our tribe members.
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It’s the name of our Co-Working space
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Our area of buildings that mainly kids use for different activities
book block
creative block
science block
sports block
cook block
etc
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The work that parents do to unlearn what they were taught about parenting. In other words, to clear our conditioning.
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Our members spending the day at APTB (not living on the premises) whose children are all under 5 years old.
They are free to use all APTB areas, however, parents or people they have chosen as caretakers for their children, must accompany them.