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Alanna Gallo
Alanna Gallo

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thealannagallo

📖 Former teacher (M.Ed.)
🌍 Secular homeschool + worldschool
🧠 Raising uninfluenceable global citizens
🚫 Rethinking screens & school
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That 9-month-old climbing out of her crib wasn’t That 9-month-old climbing out of her crib wasn’t just determined to get a toy. She was showing me who I’d always be: someone who refuses to accept barriers that don’t make sense. Fast forward to elementary school, and I’m labeled “gifted.” Sounds great, right? Except the system that was supposed to nurture my love of learning slowly crushed it. Books became assignments. Curiosity became “is this on the test?” I didn’t fall back in love with reading until after college… when I picked up Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” and remembered what it felt like to read because I WANTED to. By then, I’d already decided to become a teacher like my mom. Spent a decade in the classroom thinking I could change things from the inside. But every day, I watched bright, curious kids learn to stop asking real questions. They’d look at me with those anxious eyes: “Is this the right answer? Will this be on the test?” And I realized… I was part of a system designed to produce compliance, not thinkers. I’ve always been the one who says what no one else will. The one who questions “that’s just how it is.” So I walked away. Now? I’m building something different. A community for parents who refuse to sacrifice their family’s happiness and curiosity to systems that don’t serve them. Because that determined kid who climbed out of her crib at 9 months? She’s still here. And she’s done accepting barriers that don’t make sense. If you’re ready to explore what education and life could look like outside the broken systems… I’m here. Comment CLARITY for a 1:1 coaching session ($147) - we’ll get clarity on your options and create your roadmap out. 📬 Or Comment AGSUB to get the link to my Substack community ($8/month) for weekly essays, resources, support, and monthly coffee chats with parents building their own path. That little girl knew what she wanted and went after it. Your kids deserve the same freedom ❤️
Comment AGSUB to read more of my Substack essays a Comment AGSUB to read more of my Substack essays and learn more about our family’s education journey breaking all the homeschooling stereotypes 😅
Ready to learn more about 2026 schooling options? Ready to learn more about 2026 schooling options? Comment DESCHOOL for my ebook: “Reclaiming Learning: A Modern Parent’s Guide to Deschooling and Educational Alternatives”
I’m not perfect but at least I can say that 🤷 I’m not perfect but at least I can say that 🤷🏼‍♀️ If you want to raise confident kids in this WILD WORLD comment GET IT to read my book Uninfluenceable ✌🏻
Questioning the system? Comment DESCHOOL for a lin Questioning the system? Comment DESCHOOL for a link to my ebook: “Reclaiming Learning: A Modern Parent’s Guide to Deschooling and Educational Alternatives”
“Why does the sky change colors at sunset?” “We don’t have time for that. We need to finish photosynthesis so we can move to the next unit.” That moment reveals everything. Modern schools aren’t designed around how children actually learn. They’re designed around uniformity. One-size-fits-all curriculum that prioritizes pacing over understanding, coverage over depth, compliance over curiosity. Kids learn how to take tests instead of how to think. They memorize for Friday and forget by Monday. They pass assessments that measure recall, not actual comprehension. Homeschooling disrupts that logic. Children move at different paces. Interests shape direction. Understanding over coverage. Authority shifts from institutions to relationships. And THAT’S what makes people uncomfortable. If learning can happen outside centralized institutions, what does that say about those institutions as they currently exist? These questions are uncomfortable because they expose how much we’ve normalized without examination. Ready to question what you’ve been told is the only way? Comment DESCHOOL for my ebook: “Reclaiming Learning: A Modern Parent’s Guide to Deschooling and Educational Alternatives”
The question always comes with that look. “Oh… and how does that work with socialization?” Here’s what nobody wants to talk about: homeschooling gets interrogated in ways traditional schooling never does. We demand proof that homeschooled kids will turn out okay, while simultaneously accepting overcrowded classrooms, burned-out teachers, and kids who lose interest in learning as just… normal. The kid eating lunch alone every day? Not a socialization crisis. The ND child not being supported? Unfortunate, but what can you do classrooms are too full. But a family choosing to educate differently? THAT requires explanation. The intensity of the reaction has less to do with children’s wellbeing and more to do with control. Learning that happens outside standardized systems is harder to monitor, harder to measure, harder to compare. I’m not saying homeschooling is perfect or accessible to everyone. But the questions we ask reveal what we’ve normalized. If your first reaction to homeschooling is concern about socialization, ask yourself why you’re not equally concerned about the kids struggling in traditional systems right now. Want to explore what education could look like outside the system? Comment DESCHOOL and I’ll send you my ebook: “Reclaiming Learning: A Modern Parent’s Guide to Deschooling and Educational Alternatives”
When I say we homeschool, there’s always that fl When I say we homeschool, there’s always that flicker.�The polite pause and then the same question… �“And… what about socialization?” It’s not the question. It’s the assumption that stepping outside the system requires a defense. We don’t react the same way to overcrowded classrooms, burned-out teachers, or kids quietly losing their love of learning. That’s been normalized. Homeschooling isn’t what makes people uncomfortable. �It’s what it reveals. That education doesn’t have to be centralized, standardized, and measured to be real. That kids can move at their own pace. Follow curiosity. Learn deeply instead of just covering material. When learning isn’t easily measured, it’s treated with suspicion. �But what if the system deserves more questioning than the families who step outside it? This isn’t about convincing you to homeschool. �It’s about asking better questions. And that’s what my book Uninfluenceable is really about. Reclaiming your ability to step back from the system (for yourself and your kids) and take steps away from the world that profits from your compliance. Comment GET IT if you’re looking to raise kids outside of the algorithm.
Homeschooling makes people uneasy in a way failing Homeschooling makes people uneasy in a way failing systems rarely do… Comment AGSUB to read my latest FREE Substack essay “Why Homeschooling Makes People Uncomfortable.” Secular homeschooling | parenting | alternative education
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