Treatment Abuse, Behavior Modification, Thought Reform > The Ridge Creek School / Hidden Lake Academy
Who's teaching the kids?
Anonymous:
Yeah, explain to a parent that their 11th grader is going to be in the same English class as an 8th grader, both of whom are paying 6 grand a month, and see how that flys.
FunkyChild:
Multiple Aged Classrooms have been proven to be extremely effective. Many new models are evolving that include the use of teaching science and history in a setting that includes students from many different grade levels. This gives the students an opportunity to view ( and be exposed to) a wider range of curriculum and interact with other students who are on different levels and also allows kids who want to move ahead and excel in a particular area the space to do so.
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yeah, this b.s. you speak of takes education to whole new level, not a higher level but still. so what experience do you have with this type of schooling? my senior year was spent learning all 50 states and capitols and man oh man, did that challenge me, along with relearning my abc's.
Deborah:
Aside from the obvious, different aged kids in the same class, there is no comparison between the situation at HLA, and Friends or Montessori.
Montessori combines grades until about 8th grade, and based on the brief search I did the same seems to be true of the "Friends" schools.
Montessori doesn't take grades, cooperation is encouraged vs isolation and competition.
If there's a problem between two kids, they go into a seperate room and dialogue until they resolve their differences. It's not aired in a group confrontation.
Genuine respect is modeled and that's what kids respond to.
Rights aren't seen as privileges or taken away for punishment.
Is it possible for the control freaks who run programs in this industry to let go of their antiquated, barbaric methods and adopt a more respectful way of interacting with kids? I won't hold my breath.
Anonymous:
--- Quote from: ""Deborah"" ---
Is it possible for the control freaks who run programs in this industry to let go of their antiquated, barbaric methods and adopt a more respectful way of interacting with kids? I won't hold my breath.
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yeah i wouldnt either. the staff there are so reactionary half of them think the south should have won the civil war (and some even pretend the south won). asking them to change their ways is like asking a neo-nazi to marry a jew.
Anonymous:
Oh, they just added a new Spanish teacher Katie Bedard to the staff list. :lol:
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