| What was your past schooling experience? | 
| |  | "I attended public school up 'til a year ago,  I did fairly well but the monotony is what really got me.  I was constantly expected to conform.  Any creative effort was zapped because it made me too unlike my peers.  Ugh!" | — Amelia, Age 17 
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| |  | "It was a lot of hard work and there was a lot of pressure and I didn't feel like going through a whole year of stress again." | — Elan, Age 13 
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| |  | "I was home schooled because I hated public school.  I only had one nice teacher while I was at public school and I couldn't stand anyone else." | — Cody, Age 13 
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