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Woodstock Country School

Woodstock Country School

William Boardman

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Yorkland Publishing
Año de edición:
2023
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Historia
ISBN:
9780969712770
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The Woodstock Country School rose on the wave of American energy and idealism following World War II. For most of its 35-year existence, the school was an exciting, successful, esteemed experiment in American education - one that could still be thriving now. This remarkable history, written by an alumnus and former teacher at the school, reads like a novel, as dozens of characters struggle first to build the school, then to save it. Despite their good intentions, WCS foundered on their frailties, irresponsibilities, and a fatally imperfect understanding of what made the school so magical for so many. 'You could call it a Rorschach history,' says Boardman, who attended WCS from 1952 to 1956 and taught there from 1971 to 1976, 'or maybe a collage, since there are hundreds of voices telling the story, each from his or her own perspective, yet there is a remarkable shared perspective of an essentially ineffable institution.' WCS tells the story of the school’s rise and flourishing, even as it relied on charismatic headmaster David Bailey, whose charisma and dominance shaped the institutional denial that proved too strong to allow the school to survive.

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