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    Will Smith’s new school has shades of Scientology

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    142 days ago in Baby News · Authority: 1

    Will Smith’s new school has shades of Scientology May 21st, 2008 Filed under: Celeb parenting, Behaving badly, In the news, Playground bureau, Education Actor Will Smith has turned in his homeschooling hat and is helping fund a school he feels will meet the needs of his children and others, called New Village Academy (NVA), which sounds like a great thing. There's only one teeny little catch, Scientology is never mentioned but hints of it abound on the NVA website. My antennas went up with this passage: Upon completion of a subject chapter such as in math, the teacher sends the student to "Qual", where he/she is given an test in various forms. If the student scores anything less than 100%, the Qualifications teacher will sit down with the student and go over the part of the exam that was not fully understood and make sure the student understands all of the words and concepts in the chapter. The teacher will also make sure the student did not skip any concepts which would inhibit learning. This is done to help students so that they gain 100% certainty. If a student is having difficulty in class in a particular subject, the teacher may send the child to Qual for assistance in finding out why the student is not progressing. Qual staff will intensively work with the student to determine what is going on and work with them one-on-one until they have grasped the subject matter and are ready to move on. Continue reading Will Smith's new school has shades of Scientology Read | Permalink | Email this