My younger son is part of this outstanding enterprise notice my pride in the statement. Positive energy resonates within every nook and cranny of the old scouting building and pleasant mosaics (figure 1) and markings scatter the grounds. The quality of air is excellent and the motivation of the student children (ages 5-14) envelops you on entrance. The Guus Kieft School sits snuggly next to a park in Amstelveen (Holland). If a school sits at the edges of common practice, then receiving government funding takes a lot of patience, skill, paperwork and diplomacy. Methodologies outside the majority view can be dangerous for long-term survival. If you step away from the main stream, funding becomes scarce.
The pressure for consistency of quality to some extent enforces uniformity within the school system the tool of this enforcement is budgetary with a layer of legal requirements. Placing these sentiments in context, we all pay our taxes and as part of those taxes, we collectively pay for the educational system that supports our way of life and our betterment in the future. Supporting children in their learning activities is not an optional extra, but a community responsibility as part of the global community that we all live within. Without learning structures, humanity will descend again into the dark ages and superstition will rule. The schoolĮducation is a fundamental pillar of civilization. I shall emphasise best practices and try my best not to dwell too much on the underlying technologies. This article describes the work in progress of applying Ubuntu Linux sensibly within an underfunded school, and as part of a wider well thought out and alternative educational structure.
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