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A conference showcasing possibilities in education in Hong Kong and overseas
A time and space to reflect
What education is supposed to be?
Everyone wants to do the best for their children. Nowadays, our children learn to speak other languages before they learn to walk. They learn to deal with interviews when they still have their nappies on. They learn to drill for academic exams for 12-15 years only to find that the world does not operate that way. What IS the best for our children?
This conference is sponsored by a group of dedicated parents in Hong Kong who are concerned that the territory's children are learning inappropriately for their future. They believe that children's needs and family life have been negatively challenged by rigid and often overly stressful exam-oriented learning requirements. Many in Hong Kong feel besieged by an outdated regimen that is misinformed about modern educational policies and procedures. Although many families seek modern, remedial change, they lack professional knowledge and support, which this conference will begin to provide.
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Original creation: My September Child
The lyrics of this song was created by Michell, one of EDiversity's founders, who, when putting down her thoughts about the ridiculous education phenomenon in Hong Kong, suddenly realised she had made a rap song! Another founder Karen then asked her friend Samuel to help. Samuel's Production & Co. then sought Dorcas Poon to write and arrange the song, and Samuel added a chorus to it, and invited Jay to give it the voice. It was debuted in this first conference, and attracted a huge applause, and over 15,000 likes the day when it was posted on Facebook. Although Michell's son was not born in September, she as a passionate Sudbury Valley approach practitioner, condensed the realities of many parents' struggles into this fantastically written rap.-
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Mr. Mike Sadofsky, 2014 speaker from Sudbury Valley School School
Monday March 16th, 2015
Last October, I traveled to Hong Kong to speak about SVS at a Conference dubbed EDiversity. Yes, you get it: diversity in education. I guess that’s one way for frustrated parents to address the high stakes, regimented curriculum, and aggressive testing models that exist in Hong Kong and most modern societies across the world....
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感謝！！感謝你們的努力！讓我這位在職"師奶"家長有機會參與俱國際視野的教育論壇。 作為兩個孩子的媽媽，你們讓我大開眼界，讓我發現我並不孤單。"教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老他也不偏離" 是我養育孩子的宗旨，但卻也經過迷失，做過怪獸家長，也曾錯誤將大女兒放在起跑線上。 大女兒現就讀主流小學，經歷過小一派位折磨，我已經將對孩子成長學習作出重新定位，不看重結果，没有加強補習，每天讓女兒晚飯後時間完全空白，給她自由時間及稍作睡前閱讀，週未多安排玩樂郊遊時間。可惜，今年正藉面對小三TSA考試，加上教育局徹消功課上限，每日生活是返學做功課。因著經濟壓力等種種因素，我未能將女兒抽離這個教育系統。參加完兩天精彩豐富論壇後，我寄望可以得悉更多新資訊，讓我可以盡力在當中得到平衡。 真心感謝你們作出努力推動有選擇的教育，讓我不再因為想法與主流家長有不同而孤單。
Thank you so much for organizing this wonderful conference, I enjoyed it and have learned a lot!!
非常感謝你們籌辦這次論壇！作為一個一直不斷反思教育制度問題的家長，我覺得這個論壇所帶出的訊息很正面，亦喜見社會上有反思精神的家長，原來亦不少！很喜歡論壇帶出的一個重要訊息：家長需要由自己做起，抗衡現時嚴重扭曲的教育生態！ 很佩服籌辦論壇的一班家長！很厲害！希望日後能有機會參與你們的活動！一定支持！
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