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Comment on News from the Mother Ship: Sudbury Valley School’s blog by Johnna Schmidt

Johnna Schmidt — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:01:01 +0000

Love the Minecraft article! For those of you looking for it, type “minecraft” into the search field on the blog page at the SVS website.

What really struck me about it is that in addition to everything else students are engaged in learning while they’re playing minecraft, they’re also right on the forefront working on ideas related to intellectual property, virtual reality, social media and digital communities. Makes my brain spin. But it’s the world they’re inheriting, and they can navigate it quite well if allowed the freedom.

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Leonid Levin

Leonid Levin — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:29:54 +0000

Thanks a lot for this post! We didn’t even try a traditional school. When our daughter reached the school-going age of 4 two years ago, she went straight to De Vrije Ruimte, a democratic school in The Hague, Netherlands, where we live. She is so happy there that I can’t even imagine any other school for her. She wasn’t happy in the day care (where she went once a week from the age of 2), she wasn’t happy in a public school playgroup. But now she loves her school and often refuses to leave at 4 p.m. when we come to pick her up!

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:13:15 +0000

This is great! We are just about two years into our Sudbury adventure and although there was definitely an adjustment period (that continues to this day!), the more I look at the public school system from the outside, the harder it is to understand how I was tolerant and even supportive of it for so long!

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Shawna

Shawna — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:57:21 +0000

What a great post! Articulate, funny and wise. Thank you!

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Johnna Schmidt

Johnna Schmidt — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:36:04 +0000

Cheryl: It’s great that you already see it as a world-shaker and a journey. It’s truly a paradigm shifting choice. One of the things that has become increasingly clear to me is how fear-based so many conventional choices re: schooling are. But as I observe my children growing and delve more into the research my own fears continue to melt away, thank goodness. It’s not always easy but it’s definitely been the right choice for my family.

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:46:17 +0000

“we jumped off the educational cliff” Yes! This is exactly the way I’ve described our journey into Sudbury. My almost 5 year old has been attending the Tallgrass Sudbury School in IL for about 6 weeks now and our world has been SHAKEN in an incredible way. Thanks for sharing! We are so excited for the journey ahead of us.

Comment on Are You Thinking Sudbury Parents Must Be Insane? by Beth

Beth — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:42:59 +0000

Love this Johnna! Thanks for sharing your story!

Comment on Fourteen by Maia

Maia — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:47:46 +0000

Hear! Hear!

I’m so appreciating the reminder to celebrate what can seem to become ordinary. Fairheaven is definitely extraordinary! I too wish you all the best year yet. I miss you all so and Mark, I miss hearing your words and your perspective on the regular.

Much love,
Maia

Comment on What We Don’t Know: Uncertainty and Fairhaven School by Trust |

Trust | — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:54:49 +0000

[...] Mark McCaig, a staff member at Fairhaven School, a Sudbury school in Maryland. It’s called “What We Don’t Know: Uncertainty and Fairhaven School”. Its description of all the unknowns in a Sudbury education seemed very familiar to me as a former [...]

Comment on Time Is On My Side by Beth Williams

Beth Williams — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:18:22 +0000

excellent! thanks for reminding me why I love this place…although I didn’t really need reminding!