Title: How I quit school
Description: In this third person narrative memoir, Japanese-American Julie is a high school student grappling with feeling disconnected from her education and the depression that results from school pressures. After much deliberation, she decides to quit schooling and undergo "unschooling" which she defines as "a self-led learning without the constraints of educational institutions." In Issue One Julie reflects on her last moments at an all girls international school and the process of quitting school at sixteen. The zine includes a quote on the inside cover and small illustrations throughout the narrative as well as a page providing information about unschooling and the author.  — Nayla Delgado
Subjects: High school dropouts, Personal narratives, Home schooling, Self-culture, Fiction, Learning, Japanese Americans
Places: Japan
Time periods: 21st century