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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's about opting out of seemingly universal social structures or systems -- like the electrical power grid.  Or schooling.  Sometimes this is part of the simplicity movement (e.g. The Tiny House folks) which basically says we're slaves to all of our stuff and could live more meaningful and satisfying lives if we stopped focussing on material things.  And in some cases, there's also a critique of/resistance to governmental or corporate power.  Some solar power advocates, for example, love technology but don't want to be at the mercy of a monopolistic utility or to see centralized production/distribution of power as a source of vulnerability rather than strength/efficiency.

In either variant -- and the two can and do overlap -- there's a kind of counter-culturalism in the mix.  Which is why, for me, the choice of an EOTP charter as a way to produce the lopsided resume that Ivy League admissions officers apparently crave isn't off-the-grid.  Home-schooling certainly would be.  [/quote]

EOTP off the grid poster here:

.... I meant off the "pressure cooker grid," as did the two prior posters, and that is the only grid we are trying to stay off of. [/quote]

Then, as one of those two prior posters (kid in the candy store), I think you just misunderstood.  I'm pretty sure the other PP -- the one who introduced the term into the discussion -- is the one who recently said it looks like home-schooling is in her future.[/quote]

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