THINGS WE VALUE

The fostering of natural curiosity and creative ability

Discipline created from within not imposed from outside

An understanding that we recognise and reflect ourselves through others

A love and natural compassion for others

The Freedom to develop in wholeness of Self

The celebration of every child as a unique individual

The expectation of a natural love of learning

The assumption of limitless personal potential

The belief in peace, co-existence and global responsibility

Focus on learning processes not end results

Emphasis on learning not teaching

Teachers as friends, fellow- learners and guides sharing knowledge and understanding

The Student's Prayer

'Don't impose on me what you know, I want to explore the unknown. And be the source of my own discoveries. Let the known be my liberation, not my slavery.

The world of your truth can be my limitation; Your wisdom my negation. Don't instruct me; let's walk together. Let my richness begin where yours ends.

Show me so that I can stand on your shoulders. Reveal yourself so that I can be something different.

You believe that every human being can love and create. I understand, then, your fear when I ask you to live according to your wisdom.

You will not come to know who I am by listening to yourself. Don't instruct me; let me be. Your failure is that I be identical to you'

Umberto Maturana


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