Schools are wherever focused attention is collectively learned and practiced

Evidence

The good news? Study can happen in lots of other places, too! And attention can be learned just about everywhere! Which is to say that our notion of what a “school” is, and where schools happen, stands to be dramatically expanded. … What is possible when we form schools of our own, when we treat our very attention as a school unto itself? Incessant and irreversible inquiry. The convergence of working, dancing, and, yes, sometimes, also, suffering. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 306

Categorization

• SEED: The redefinition of ‘school’ as any site of collective focused attention is a viable essay/listicle angle about alternative learning spaces.