aamb@mediaone.net
Thu, 05 Apr 2001 12:45:57 -0400
I'd just like to support Bill's point. We call them schools out of
convenience because there is no accurate descriptor available.
It's like compiling performance data for skeptics: the term "school" reaches
backwards to bring along those who aren't yet with it. It's something we
just have to do, and it's OK, but it's not the point.
Alan Mitter-Burke
on 4/4/01 9:46 PM, Sugmapl@aol.com at Sugmapl@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Christopher,
>
> Thank you.
>
> You write:
>> The idea of freedom has just been clicking over
>> the years for me, and has clicked strongly in the last six months
>
> It appears to me that Sudbury Valley would offer freedom whether it was
> educational or not.
> It appears to me that offering freedom is not a type or form of pedagogy.
> So, in my view, Sudbury Valley is doing something really quite different than
> schooling.
>
> It gets all the educational and growth benefit for free, as it basically
> moves beyond education and solves a much deeper question. This question is:
> "What is it that we can actually do that would be useful to the child?". The
> answer turns out to be non-trivial, non-obvious, and stunning. The answer is
> nothing. (See The Art of Doing Nothing by Hanna Greenburg). There is simply
> nothing to be done. Oh, but there is art, and so with all our grace and
> kindness offer nothing.
>
>
> Deep Regard,
> Bill Richardson
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