FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The following is generously contributed by Education For Life based, Living Wisdom School in Portland, Oregon. This is one of our sister schools and is in alignment with our philosophy at Wisdom for life School.

QUESTION:
I've been looking at a lot of schools and it seems to me that you either get a nurturing environment or you get a strong academic program. You seem to be saying that your school provides both. How is that possible?

ANSWER:
So many parents have just the same concern you are expressing. Children want to play and be free to do whatever they want, without any regard or even awareness of the implications for themselves or others. The adults responsible for raising and educating them, however, know that childhood is also a time to learn self-discipline and the many skills needed to take one's place in an adult world. Parents struggle with this every day. So do teachers.

Be assured, Living Wisdom School is innovative, but we are innovative toward a higher and better academic standard, not away from it. And the very things that attract you to it, the nurturing and supportive atmosphere, are, we explained earlier, the key to what makes it better academically as well.

School is challenging for many children. But challenge can also be fun, if the challenge is presented in the right way, and if the children know that the very people who are presenting the challenge will also give them the guidance and support they need to meet it. This is the secret of our success at Living Wisdom School.

We know our school is unusual. That's why we encourage you to talk to other parents who can answer your questions from their own experience. Just ask, and we'll give you a list of parents who are willing to talk with you.