Sudbury Valley School

taken from Teachers.tv, 01/09/09:

School Matters - Tomorrow's Teacher, Tomorrow's School

http://www.teachers.tv/video/31224

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http://www.sudval.org/07_othe_01.html

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[Treemeadow]

No. Why do people seem to think that childhood has to be solely dedicated to the process of training children to be adults?

This school is about learning and being KIDS.

Adulthood dawns- and guess what, these kids decide what happens in the future. Maybe they WILL go to work in PJs, and hey- I have friends who earn big bucks Beta-Testing Video games.

You have a problem with PJs? You're a product of a system. These kids are the SOLUTION to the problem.

[RevHBSnood]

I've generally found that most children are lazy because they're fighting against people forcing them to do things they don't have any interest in. This is a non-issue at a sudbury school. As an alumni I can say that it wasn't just people sitting around playing gaia and neopets. There were days like that, but people weren't wasting away and not fulfilling their potential simply because they weren't being bossed around and forced through a curriculum.

[robichauxoeuf]

Why leaves change their color is not theory. it's observable science. That man is teaching these children... I guess the children haven't fired him yet. I wonder why.

[nirdjha2000]

If you look carefully, you can see the black and hispanic students in the back, folding laundry, making beds ... wow ... this school is just ... WHITE PARADISE!!

Always love these liberal north-easterners who preach equal rights, yet live in a white bubble!

[Phazonaddict]

I kind of wish I wasn't thrown under the (traditional school) bus while growing up.

It mentally ruined me, almost killed me and I'm only recovering from the damage now, several years later.

[liwymi]

wear* (and I went to a traditional school!)

[liwymi]

If these students really want a job where they can where their pj's and play videos, they'll be the first to find it. What's so bad with creating the life you want, rather than trying to fit the system (so long as it doesn't hurt others of course!).

[liwymi]

I wonder, how is it giving people the wrong impression? I'm curious, because I don't see anything wrong with the impression it's giving me. Nice to understand another perspective.

[liwymi]

sorry, "if *the* students"

[liwymi]

There is no curriculum. The hard math and science is in many places if you students want to find it. One of Sudbury Valley's students became a Professor in Mathematics. You can see his interview at /watch?v=QOeRQrOZN6s

[lkjhb1]

This is a perfect school for autistic children!

[lkjhb1]

No