Visit to Acton Academy Guatemala – Friday 21

We got an invitation from Daniel Herbruger to visit the Acton Academy, a student-centered school. I long time before, I heard about this school and after thinking and inspecting their program I am persuaded that when I have kids, they would definitely study in this kind of schools. It’s a place where students learn to think by themselves and learn what they are interested in; they specialize in what they like.

So, I wanted to meet the students and faculty a long time ago and now Daniel was inviting us. We had a dialogue, which they called it, Socrate’s Café, in reference to a book, and we discussed the following question: Do I have to listen to my parents? It was a very interesting dialogue with the middle school students and some of the faculty. I got to the conclusion that mothers think and advice their children more guided by their instincts, since they have this protective instinct caused by nature and us being with them for 9 months before we are born. On the other hand, fathers may think and advice more guided by reason. We may confuse this with how they understand us, so it is more probable to have a more fluid and easy talk with fathers than mothers, thus we may listen more to fathers. I’m not saying is this way, but it was a conclusion based on the experiences of the members of this dialogue.

After the dialogue, Daniel and I started talking about the education system and the potential of the student-centered systems. We also talked about documentation and its importance in our learning process of life.

Check out the book! Socrate's Café