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"I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world."
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"In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today."

"We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy."

"Kids are finding out about the potential for discovery online from other sources; many of them have computers at home, for instance, or their friends have them."

"But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way."

"I'll tell you what the real problem is: These people are working under the assumption that they know better about what is good for kids, what kids need to learn to get ahead in this world."

"You can't make someone learn something - you really can't teach someone something - they have to want to learn it. And if they want to learn, they will."

"Whenever culture has gone through a radical change, as ours has - from industrial age to information age - there are people who will deny that things have changed; they resist it and refuse to change."

"Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country."

"And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility."

"Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school."
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