Some see education is an institutional process, where young people are processed with assembly-line methods to produce productive citizens. At ROA, we do not believe human beings were created to serve as cogs in someone else’s machine.
We view learning as a constant struggle for growth, an emerging series of hard-earned lessons that come from trial and error, and individual effort in a supportive community. We see our studios not as factories, but more like gardens.
We believe each child has the seeds of greatness.
Our mission is to prepare each person who enters our doors for a calling that will change the world.
We believe each person is a genius, with special gifts, ready to answer a call that will lead to a transformational Hero’s Journey.
Myths and stories are important to us, in many ways as important for civilization as the Scientific Method is for technological progress. The Seeds of Potential exercise is one of our foundational stories. Using apples as a metaphor for their unique gifts and strengths. We reflect on how, just like apples, each of us is different yet special in our very own way.
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