To be honest Laura, this website looks an aweful lot like what Cedu writes in their bullshit sales brochures.
I'm extremely wary of any boarding school that lists "personal growth" and "spiritual development" as an integral part of the curriculum. The whole site is littered with these phrases.
The primary goal of any school in my opinion should be ACEDEMICS. Schools should make sure the kids know and understand everything they need to so they can: A.) successfully graduate High School And B.)Make an informed decision of what they want to do with their lives, and leave high school with a plan (IE: College, Trade School, the Military, Etc...).
I do believe that it is important for every school to create a safe and open environment where students can grow personally or spiritually
on their own. However the school should NOT actively direct, monitor, or in any way influence an individuals personal and spiritual development. And the performance of personal or spiritual growth to the another's satisfaction should never, by any means, be a factor in determining whether or not someone deserves to graduate high school.
Also the whole portfolio thing that the students have to keep for faculty or other peers to review, really spooked me. It reminds me of the "journals" we had to keep at cedu. It appears that "Eagle Rock" promotes a lot of the same group-disclosure,seperate-community think that Cedu did. It's too bad we don't have any Eagle Rock students who post here, I would love to know how isolated they feel from the rest of the world.
I see way to many potential similarities to cedu here, until I know more, I wouldn't recommend Eagle Rock school to anyone.
.[ This Message was edited by: SON OF SERBIA on 2004-12-10 06:46 ]
