Defy Normal Blog

Discover the reason and the rhythm of the Dark Classroom Ship's Code and the five commitments every crew member must make.

Here’s the problem: Higher ed is full of crew members who don’t even realize they’re on the same ship.

Steal it all back. A four-maneuver Mutiny Method to bring piratical pedagogy to life.

These wounded warriors of education stand firm, modeling the growth mindset not as a slogan but as a lived resistance.

Dark Classroom—The ship where pirates meet pedagogy. The enemy is the State of Normal, and its most insidious weapon is Critical Dispersion.