At hanging rock
A guilty pleasure. The TV series has a lot of romanticism, intrigue, foreign-ness, etc. It gets a bit fast and loose.
Rarely you see a story from the year 1900. They present themselves very tutored, the whole corporal punishment notwithstanding. I would dislike to goto a charter or board school, of course I've never gone, so I would rather that than public.
@Of-Ants-and-Imps saidNot seen the tv series. I know the film.
At hanging rock
A guilty pleasure. The TV series has a lot of romanticism, intrigue, foreign-ness, etc. It gets a bit fast and loose.
Rarely you see a story from the year 1900. They present themselves very tutored, the whole corporal punishment notwithstanding. I would dislike to goto a charter or board school, of course I've never gone, so I would rather that than public.
@Ponderable saidThe backstory to the film was actually pretty ugly -- unwanted children deposited there in the clutches of a sadist (think Nurse Wratched, Cuckoo's Nest). Good story about the girls' group dynamic though. Sort of Lord of the Flies, but feminized.
The movie from 1975?
@moonbus saidThere is also such a story by Margret Atwood I think.
The backstory to the film was actually pretty ugly -- unwanted children deposited there in the clutches of a sadist (think Nurse Wratched, Cuckoo's Nest). Good story about the girls' group dynamic though. Sort of Lord of the Flies, but feminized.
@Of-Ants-and-Imps saidAnd why is that?
At hanging rock
A guilty pleasure. The TV series has a lot of romanticism, intrigue, foreign-ness, etc. It gets a bit fast and loose.
Rarely you see a story from the year 1900. They present themselves very tutored, the whole corporal punishment notwithstanding. I would dislike to goto a charter or board school, of course I've never gone, so I would rather that than public.
At least public schools have standards.
At charter schools, you're stuck with whatever whack-a-doodle ideas the owner has (including religion and political indoctrination).
@Suzianne
1. Broadly covering over academic performance, noted by test scores, college admissions, et al, charter schools meet and in places exceed sometimes.
2. Teachers' own education often struggles to keep pace, either from forced 'continuous learning' or not managing to take higher educational courses (this applies for primary school education). I use this point against school structures that claim a more socially viable alternative than home/individual tutoring.
3.
Parents are looking for a blend of diversity they may not find in a neutral sort of dilettante school system. Without judging parents for sending kids in a set direction, allow them their perceived image. Stay true to your values on what you're looking for, yet still try putting on another's shoes, assuming their standard you know.
4. I believe arrangements could be made for students who lived close, or whose circumstances allowed, to return to their family on weekends. If possible, they'd only get boarded during the variously truncated school week.