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The Day at Sudbury Valley

hatever the time of day, and whatever their age,
students are all doing what they want to do, with great intensity and concentration. Most often students are not concerned about whether learning is taking place. Doing what they choose to do is the common theme; learning is the by-product.

The school teems with activity. Adults and students of all ages mix freely. People can be found everywhere talking, reading and playing. Some may be in the photolab developing or printing pictures. Some may be in a dance class or building a bookshelf in the woodshop. There are almost always people making music of one kind or another, usually in several places. You might see someone studying French, biology, or algebra. People may be at computers, doing administrative work in the office, playing chess, rehearsing a show, or participating in role-playing games. People will be trading stickers and trading lunches. A group may be selling pizza that they made to raise money for new equipment. In the art room, people will be drawing; they might also be sewing, or painting, or working with clay, either on the wheel or by hand.

Always there are people playing happily and busily, indoors and outdoors, in all seasons and all weather. Always there are groups talking, and always there are individuals quietly reading here and there.