Articles Written by Students

These are articles written by Sudbury School students - including students at HVSS and students at other Sudbury schools worldwide.

Injustice

Authors: 
Scott David Gray
School: 
Sudbury Valley School

Realizing that youth is the time in which most of our long-standing opinions and personality traits are formed, those of us between the ages of six and sixteen were herded like cattle onto buses. Many of us had only heard rumors about the place we were going; we didn't know what these camps were to really consist of.

The Best Advice I Can Give Any Teen

Authors: 
Eugene Atwood
School: 
Sudbury Valley School

Drop out of school. Do it, right now. That is the best piece of advice I can give you, because dropping out can get you a lot farther in life then staying in school. I dropped out about 10 months ago, and I have no regrets.

What's the Buzz?

Authors: 
Sue Narten
School: 
The Circle School

The buzzing sound is always present. Sometimes it swells up, loudly cloaking us all in an almost tangible roar. Sometimes it softens to background murmur. But always it changes, moment to moment, day by day, a living force, an electromagnetic surge of power and energy.

Connor's List

Authors: 
Connor Tyrrell
School: 
The Circle School

Why do you want to go to The Circle School, anyway, Connor? Connor attended the summer session and liked what he saw. He dictated this list of his own personal reasons, as part of his family's discussions prior to his enrollment this fall.