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RE: Finding the Right Educational Path for our Family: How I Ended up Helping to Start Katuah Sudbury School
wow that's great... super inspiring!
And then I saw a sign for a meeting to begin planning a Sudbury model school in Asheville. Talk about divine timing!!
Yes, love divine timing!
and this:
And in the end they will be Responsible. Because we have trusted them, they know the seriousness of what has been placed in their hands. They take responsibility for their own learning. For their happiness. For achieving their own goals.
I think this is the most wonderful thing for humanity! To raise humans who take responsibility for themselves, accept feedback for their lives and actions and understand that they're responsible for sculpting their life. Utterly fantastic!!
Way to go!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I truly believe still to this day that helping to create that school was one of the most revolutionary, magical, and beautiful things I have ever done. We really touched a lot of kids. Without question we transformed lives. There were kids who came to us in all kinds of states of challenge, and we were able to provide them a place to be. We had kids who were aggressive and defiant, but in the absence of a power struggle and with the space to find themselves completely changed into totally different kids. We had a student who was transgender who was being beaten up in the local high school regularly while the principal turned a blind eye. She was able to be exactly who she wanted to be and dress exactly as she wanted to dress without any harassment. I was so glad we were there for her. She was quite brilliant too, constantly learning about all kinds of interesting things. She was a blessing to us with the awesome bonus opportunity for our kids to learn what it meant to be transgender.
Oh, and I agree about responsibility. It really is everything. My son at 19 is way more responsible than most adults I know.
love this! truly powerful stuff! thanks for sharing more details. i had never heard of this type of schooling, but i think it's one way to create healthier more rounded and creative and self aware humans. !!!