12-14-2006, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Nneka If I got a billion dollars from Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, or anyone else, I would open a school for K-12 that does spiritual enrichment, explores different cultures and religions, financial literacy, and teaches the usual reading, writing, and arithmetic. There would be a lot of experiential learning with annual trips to different countries for all ages.
My vision for the school is that it be 20-50% scholarship students. The parents would have to volunteer a minimum of 2 hours a week. If your child is on scholarship, you would have to volunteer more hours.
I would also start a parallel center where the parents can do life enhancement courses in health, financial literacy, spirituality, and relationships.
I want to do the project like Disney World (or Land, the one in Orlando) on acres and acres of land with a buffer to the city. When students and parents arrive on campus, I want them to feel like they have entered another world.
I want to create this school with leaders in all fields academic and otherwise. For example, I want to higher architects that can create a space that blends the inside with the outside and has nooks for meditation along with open play areas entangled with classroom areas.
This is my life dream. Even if I don't get a billion dollars from Bill or Warren, I will create it. | Oh my goodness! This is the school that I have been wandering around on the Internet trying to figure out if it exists so that it will hire me! Wow, I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thinks that a school like this would do so much good for society...If you ever get it started, sign me up!
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