A secure base full of challenges

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by siteadmin

(Original article by Michell, English translation by Sabrina) In Sudbury, children are not required to stay in the classroom. There is no homework, no test, no exam… People tend to think children don’t need to face any challenges and wonder how they can deal with the real world. In Sudbury, children are facing challenges every Read more about A secure base full of challenges[…]

充滿挑戰的安全堡壘

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by siteadmin

文：Michell

瑟谷裡，孩子不用被逼坐在課室裡聽書，不用做功課，每天可以自由玩樂，人們就以為孩子不需要克服困難，疑惑他們長大後怎樣適應世界呢？

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Witnessing Respect

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 by siteadmin

by Helen, a Sudbury HK parent. Helen has 3 children, her eldest daughter and second son are adults now. Her youngest son, 8 years old, has been a Sudbury student member for just over a year. The age gap between my eldest & youngest son is 17 years. My eldest grew up in the mainstream Read more about Witnessing Respect[…]

看得見的尊重

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 by siteadmin

文：瑟谷家長Helen，育有三子女，大女和二兒子已是成年人，三兒子8歲，加入瑟谷一年多

經歷兩個世代的教養孩子，不得不承認做父母要迫著進步才追上他們！由廿年前從傳統教育單向式灌輸孩子，要努力讀書就有好的將來成材，到相隔17年來到第三個孩子的敎育方法，我選擇了跳出框框，由孩子做主導，常被問及究竟他在瑟谷教育學了什麼？以下的一則故事就是其中的一個人生課題。

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My Daughter’s Self-directed Learning Path

Posted on March 12, 2022March 23, 2022 by siteadmin

Original article by YK, English translation by Sylvia Lee

YK, a Sudbury parent, shared his view about his 15-year-old daughter’s self-directed learning path.

“Ever since my daughter withdrew from mainstream schooling to pursue Self-Directed Learning, our family has learnt a lot, experienced a lot, evolved a lot together. However, friends and other family members are somewhat, understandingly, worried about her future out of well-meant concern. How will she ever get into university if she isn’t going to school now? What will she do for a living without going to university? Will she be able to make a living and support herself in the future?

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自主學習之旅｜從幼稚園退學潮說起什麼叫學習

Posted on March 12, 2022 by siteadmin

文：楊軍（瑟谷家長）

最近有報導說有許多幼稚園家長為子女選擇退學，特別是N班（學前班）「學生」。當然最緊張的是幼稚園校長，因為這會大大影響他們「集團』的收入。

長久以來，我們的學童教育問題，是過早要（迫）子女學習不是他們成長年紀要學的東西。小肌肉還未發育好就要他們學寫字，還要學寫很多筆畫的字。還未行得穩就要他們跑，剛會跑就要他們跳欄。總之，只有一個目的，就是子女不能輸在起跑線。問題是，是誰定這些起跑線？有多少人是贏在起跑線，卻輸在終點線呢？

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A Worm-frightened Boy

Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 by siteadmin

by Dan Dan

English translation by Sylvia Lee

On a trail path not too far from the Sudbury campus, a chubby little grub was burrowing. A young boy who was picking up BB bullets saw it and screamed, “I’m terrified!”

While still looking at the cuteness of this wriggly grub as I have always been fascinated by nature, I replied,

“I actually find it quite interesting, but let’s move on if you are scared!”

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怕蟲的小男孩

Posted on March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 by siteadmin

文：Dan Dan

瑟谷有條山路，有一隻肥嘟嘟的蟲鑽了一個洞。正在撿BB彈的小男孩看到了。「我好驚呀！」，他大聲喊出來。「我覺得很有趣呀，但你若害怕那我們離開吧！」對生物一直很有興趣的我還在專心看蟲子扭屁股的樣子。

兩個小時後，我們想去山後探險，距離有蟲的路十幾米開外的時候，小男孩緊張地說：「我好驚條蟲呀，你可以抱我嗎？」

那個瞬間我有些驚訝，已經過去很久了，原來小蟲仍深深印在他心中呀。

「不過我們可以繞路過去，不需要走到那邊呀！」

「但我還是很害怕呀！」

「好呀，那我抱你吧！」

於是我抱起小男孩，走到遠遠的地方將他放下。

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