Comments on: A new-skool school http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/ Make Yourself and Your Business Happy At Work Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:13:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joanna6618 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-240944 Joanna6618 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:30:31 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-240944 O_O I WANNA GO TO THAT SCHOOL!!!!!! It would be WAY better than staying here and watching a teacher's (mostly failed) attempts at craming information into students! And it makes sense too because Einstein became a genius because he didn't bother exceling in EVERYTHING he focused on one area and became THE genius. These kids can CHOOSE classes and CHOOSE an area to excel in instead of having teachers smash info into you while you hate every minute of it. Kids tend to remember good memories more easily and associate the memories to stuff so that school created an AWESOME enviornment that would make kids remember the stuff they learn forever. ALL the schools around the U.S are like machines that are anything but free. And people drop out too...I can't imagine anyone ever wanting to drop out of that school...I REALLY wish I can get on a plane and move to sudbury valley... O_O I WANNA GO TO THAT SCHOOL!!!!!! It would be WAY better than staying here and watching a teacher’s (mostly failed) attempts at craming information into students! And it makes sense too because Einstein became a genius because he didn’t bother exceling in EVERYTHING he focused on one area and became THE genius. These kids can CHOOSE classes and CHOOSE an area to excel in instead of having teachers smash info into you while you hate every minute of it. Kids tend to remember good memories more easily and associate the memories to stuff so that school created an AWESOME enviornment that would make kids remember the stuff they learn forever. ALL the schools around the U.S are like machines that are anything but free. And people drop out too…I can’t imagine anyone ever wanting to drop out of that school…I REALLY wish I can get on a plane and move to sudbury valley…

]]> By: Kimberly Davis http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-240733 Kimberly Davis Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:06:58 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-240733 How do we find such a school? Is there certification, or, could anyone just get a building and open the doors.....(wait - that was a movie - "Accepted"....) How do we find such a school? Is there certification, or, could anyone just get a building and open the doors…..(wait – that was a movie – “Accepted”….)

]]> By: Mari Luce http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-236699 Mari Luce Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:55:34 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-236699 I am a mother of two "unschooled" Sudbury girls ages 9 and 5, I surely can tell that learning happens naturally in all children when they are left alone (less adult intervention). Children are naturally curious, if we agree on this premise we as adults should step aside as observers from time to time and enjoy our children's IMAGINATION. I can tell you from my own experience that you will be able to see the natural learning process taking place in front of your eyes. My message to all you is to TRUST your children and give them the FREEDOM to choose what they what to be doing in life. LET THEM PLAY, PLAY, FREE PLAY !!!!! Thanks! educacionsudbury.org I am a mother of two “unschooled” Sudbury girls ages 9 and 5, I surely can tell that learning happens naturally in all children when they are left alone (less adult intervention). Children are naturally curious, if we agree on this premise we as adults should step aside as observers from time to time and enjoy our children’s IMAGINATION. I can tell you from my own experience that you will be able to see the natural learning process taking place in front of your eyes. My message to all you is to TRUST your children and give them the FREEDOM to choose what they what to be doing in life. LET THEM PLAY, PLAY, FREE PLAY !!!!!

Thanks!
educacionsudbury.org

]]> By: Michael http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-45745 Michael Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:10:42 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-45745 I'm 13 years old and in the middle of Algebra 1 in seventh grade. I'm in GT and the eighth grade math class. I thought i was doing pretty good. But i watched the video and there are normal 11 year olds doing the same thing. I find it remotely interesting but the homework really doesn't give me enough time to live. But to actually want to learn the material, I'm sure that would make a difference. I really want to come to this school. I’m 13 years old and in the middle of Algebra 1 in seventh grade. I’m in GT and the eighth grade math class. I thought i was doing pretty good. But i watched the video and there are normal 11 year olds doing the same thing. I find it remotely interesting but the homework really doesn’t give me enough time to live. But to actually want to learn the material, I’m sure that would make a difference. I really want to come to this school.

]]> By: Danae http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-33023 Danae Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:19:29 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-33023 Hey I'm a thirteen year old who is doing a report when i found this web site i thought that it is excelent and am going to tell my teachers about it but if it wouldn't be to much trouble i was wondering if you could put more information on the conputer so i could have a little bit more to refer to. Thank's Danae Hey
I’m a thirteen year old who is doing a report when i found this web site i thought that it is excelent and am going to tell my teachers about it but if it wouldn’t be to much trouble i was wondering if you could put more information on the conputer so i could have a little bit more to refer to.
Thank’s
Danae

]]> By: Let’s not settle for any less any more http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3704 Let’s not settle for any less any more Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:24:56 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-3704 [...] Via Dan Hersam who was inspired by the recent talk of abolishing homework and of a better kind of school. [...] [...] Via Dan Hersam who was inspired by the recent talk of abolishing homework and of a better kind of school. [...]

]]> By: A new type of school - Amidst a tangled web http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3687 A new type of school - Amidst a tangled web Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:34:55 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-3687 [...] - September 08, 2006 A new type of school I was floored when I learned about a new type of school. It reminded me of the quote by Ralph WaldoEmerson. If the colleges were better, if they really had it, you would need to get the police at the gates to keep order in the onrushing multitude. See in college how we thwart the natural love of learning by leaving the natural method of teaching what each wishes to learn, and insisting that you shall learn what you have no taste or capacity for. The college, which should be a place of delightful labor, is made odious and unhealthy, and the young men are tempted to frivolous amusements to rally their jaded spirits. I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the attractions the study has for himself. The marking is a system for schools, not for the college; for boys, not for men; and it is an ungracious work to put on a professor. [...] [...] – September 08, 2006 A new type of school I was floored when I learned about a new type of school. It reminded me of the quote by Ralph WaldoEmerson. If the colleges were better, if they really had it, you would need to get the police at the gates to keep order in the onrushing multitude. See in college how we thwart the natural love of learning by leaving the natural method of teaching what each wishes to learn, and insisting that you shall learn what you have no taste or capacity for. The college, which should be a place of delightful labor, is made odious and unhealthy, and the young men are tempted to frivolous amusements to rally their jaded spirits. I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge. The wise instructor accomplishes this by opening to his pupils precisely the attractions the study has for himself. The marking is a system for schools, not for the college; for boys, not for men; and it is an ungracious work to put on a professor. [...]

]]> By: Steve Trinward http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 Steve Trinward Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:02:53 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-3505 A good friend of mine's daughter is among the Sudbury Valley graduates: well adjusted, now in the midst of her doctorate in Egyptology. I will always remember my one visit to SVS back in the early 1980s; wonderful that the model is finally catching on elsewhere A good friend of mine’s daughter is among the Sudbury Valley graduates: well adjusted, now in the midst of her doctorate in Egyptology. I will always remember my one visit to SVS back in the early 1980s; wonderful that the model is finally catching on elsewhere

]]> By: Kati http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3499 Kati Sun, 03 Sep 2006 18:45:30 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-3499 How I wish more people knew about alternative ways of learning exemplified by such schools as Sudbury Valley. The pervasive attitude still is that children and young people have to be "taught", that they have no innate desire or ability to learn. Without a "teacher" in the traditional sense of my own experience, how different learning might be, how much more powerful and empowering! How I wish more people knew about alternative ways of learning exemplified by such schools as Sudbury Valley. The pervasive attitude still is that children and young people have to be “taught”, that they have no innate desire or ability to learn. Without a “teacher” in the traditional sense of my own experience, how different learning might be, how much more powerful and empowering!

]]> By: Homework makes kids hate learning http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 Homework makes kids hate learning Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:43:47 +0000 http://positivesharing.com/2006/05/a-new-school-school/#comment-3276 [...] And if your first thought is “But how could you have a school without homework” you’ll be glad to hear that the Sudbury Valley schools have been doing just fine without homework for 35 years now. I previously wrote about these radically different schools and why I would love to have gone to one of them. [...] [...] And if your first thought is “But how could you have a school without homework” you’ll be glad to hear that the Sudbury Valley schools have been doing just fine without homework for 35 years now. I previously wrote about these radically different schools and why I would love to have gone to one of them. [...]

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