On the first day of school, hundreds of lucky kids in Austin converge on Deep Eddy pool to celebrate "Not Going Back to School" Day! These are our legal outlaws: homeschoolers, those charmed children and teens who learn from the living world, the out of doors, their iconoclastic parents, and a variety of hands-on activities. The community has a grand throwdown to celebrate not going back to school: no rulers, no books, no teachers' dirty looks. Just the organic process of learning in one's own way, day by day – and this kickoff gives a hint as to just how grand it is.
