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today's approach to education will be seen by many if not most educators as a barbaric remnant of the past.

Children educate themselves; we don't have to do it for them.

As the student voters outnumber the staff by a factor of 20 to 1, the staff who survive this process and are re-elected year after year are those who are admired by the students.

Students are free, all day, every day, to do what they wish at the school

The school gives no tests

There is no curriculum and no attempt to motivate students to learn

The staff members at the school do not consider themselves to be teachers. They are, instead, adult members of the community who provide a wide variety of services, including some teaching. Most of their "teaching" is of the same variety as can be found in any human setting; it involves answering sincere questions and presenting ideas in the context of real conversations.