Alternative Education
I wish wish wish there was a Sudbury School (or something similar) in this area.
As someone who dropped out of college due to boredom and burn-out caused by “how” we are educated, I would love for my daughter to attend a school like Sudbury. I’ve actually been looking into schooling options for the passed year, hoping to find something - I hate to say better, but it is what it is - something better - different - than public schooling. I shudder thinking of her ‘tied’ to a desk for 8 hrs a day for 12 years listening to teachers drone on and on and on… Schools like Sudbury prove there are better methods of education.
I’m not slighting teachers, the problem stems from - yikes - us actually, as parents and citizens. A combination of “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it” - apathy - lack of motivation for demanding improvement/change - generally being sheep.
Public education won’t change before Hannah starts school. But I will continue searching for something different.
“Sudbury Valley School is a place where people decide for themselves how to spend their days. Here, students of all ages determine what they will do, as well as when, how, and where they will do it. This freedom is at the heart of the school; it belongs to the students as their right, not to be violated.
The fundamental premises of the school are simple: that all people are curious by nature; that the most efficient, long-lasting, and profound learning takes place when started and pursued by the learner; that all people are creative if they are allowed to develop their unique talents; that age-mixing among students promotes growth in all members of the group; and that freedom is essential to the development of personal responsibility.
In practice this means that students initiate all their own activities and create their own environments. The physical plant, the staff, and the equipment are there for the students to use as the need arises.
The school provides a setting in which students are independent, are trusted, and are treated as responsible people; and a community in which students are exposed to the complexities of life in the framework of a participatory democracy.”
How could I not want an environment such as this for her….?
This sounds like a great school,save your money. The south is going to rise again,and you will be able to send Hanna to this school,or one like it.:)
sigh… even when as parents we strive to do something positive regarding our child’s education seems we are met with one closed door after another. the best thing i ever did for my son was to yank him out of public school and into homeschool.
it has always surprised me that in a culture that supposedly values individuality we herd our children into a system that wants them all to be the same, where original thought is looked at like deviant behavior.