I asked as many Clearwater students as I could this question:
Were you happy, or unhappy, or did you have mixed feelings about the end of Winter Break and coming back to school?
The same day I asked it to the 4th/5th graders in my own after-school class at a Seattle public elementary school.
(The results are below the fold.)
Number of public school students asked: 22
Ages: 9-11 yrs
Responses
Happy: 0
Mixed feelings: 4
Unhappy: 18
Number of Clearwater school students asked: 26
Ages: 7-19
Responses
Happy: 24
Mixed feelings: 2
Unhappy: 0
Well, then.
Greater Seattle's Sudbury School, where kids ages 4-19 direct their own education in an environment of undiluted freedom and democracy.
1 comment:
Interesting results. I am currently involved in doing a scientific study of motivation in alternative schools, which means a home education resource center and a democratic school both in or near Portland. I've posted a couple videos about my research as part of a campaign to fund my last semester at Reed College:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA2RIGAGR4I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrlbcJOf5BE
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