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Alternative schooling

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This thread was inspired by   and this quote:

'School can ruin or taint so many aspects of life'  in this thread:

 HI EVERYONE I am new here 

This set me thinking about what type of education would actually suit autistic people best.

One thing I'd like to avoid is forced education - making people study subjects they dislike or are not good at and especially the exams - from what I see, there is much more pressure on achievement for children nowadays than when I was at school which must be very stressful.

Also, I wonder what would help to alleviate the bullying that certainly was endemic when I was at school - smaller classes maybe.

From my own experience the bullying and trauma of school can have a lifelong detrimental effect. 

Montessori schooling impresses me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education

What do you think?

Any radical changes you would like to see in education - whether private or state?

I am talking about the UK because that's all I have experience of but please talk about your own country too.

PLEASE DON'T ADD PHOTOS TO THIS THREAD IN THE SAME POST AS TEXT OR THAT MAY BREAK IT. THANKYOU.

Parents

  • I was super-fortunate to get into an independent secondary school when I was 10, thanks to connections of my then-headmaster (who I sadly never got the chance to thank) and support from my local county council (which definitely wouldn't happen now alas). It was still stressful, especially because it was a boarding school and I was away from my parents, but I wouldn't have gotten nearly half the qualifications I did if I'd stayed in the state system.

    Personally, I think the best alternative to the current state system is… a state system that's properly funded and supported. Private education remains a luxury that's beyond the reach of most folks.

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  • I was super-fortunate to get into an independent secondary school when I was 10, thanks to connections of my then-headmaster (who I sadly never got the chance to thank) and support from my local county council (which definitely wouldn't happen now alas). It was still stressful, especially because it was a boarding school and I was away from my parents, but I wouldn't have gotten nearly half the qualifications I did if I'd stayed in the state system.

    Personally, I think the best alternative to the current state system is… a state system that's properly funded and supported. Private education remains a luxury that's beyond the reach of most folks.

Children
  • in reply to AlanRalph

    I had experience of both state and private education and sadly I can't say that private was a luxury. They even more wanted me to conform to what they wanted me to be and had ridiculously strict rules that I was expected to obey with no flexibility. Horribly uncomfortable uniforms. Same level of bullying. No understanding for my needs. It was a very unpleasant experience.