Comments on: Green School, Bali

By: Catherine

Catherine — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 02:45:34 +0000

Hi Theodora
Did you ever find a suitable high school for Zac in Indonesia? I am thinking of “dropping out” with my 13yo next year and having him repeat when he gets back to Australia (he has always been young for his year and it is starting to cause problems). I would like to spend a few months doing aid work or teaching somewhere in Indonesia while son does something enjoyable/meaningful with other kids his own age. I speak Indonesian but he doesn’t (yet!). Green School seemed just the thing on the face of it but the more I read, the less I think that is the case. I am actually keen on somewhere like Bukittinggi or Manado or Ambon but doubt I will find anything suitable for us there.

Hi Catherine,

There’s a glitch with commenting so I’m replying within your comment. Yes, I did find a good high school for him here on Bali – it’s Canggu Community School and we’re very happy with it. I know there’s an “international” school in Maluku (north, not Ambon) that was looking for staff a year or so ago so you might well find something in Manado. Options do narrow a bit at high school age, unfortunately…

By: Theodora

Theodora — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 07:55:29 +0000

In reply to Mary. He went for Canggu Community School, which has proved a great fit both personally and academically. It's a lovely little school and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:22:59 +0000

In reply to Theodora. What school did he end up choosing? Would love some recommendations..

By: Giselle

Giselle — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:00:39 +0000

In reply to Allan Wilson. This is absolutely spot on. We were (not so long ago) Green School parents, sucked in by the promise of progressive learning environment and a nice campus (not so much by the greenwash, which by the way is indeed bollocks). To add to the greenwash, the school was under resourced both in terms of equipment and suitably skilled staff and management (it is now 8 years old). You are spot on and I am so glad someone has written a realistic review of what is otherwise a lot of lies. The kids are now educated elsewhere...needless to say. Thank you.

By: Giselle

Giselle — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:55:21 +0000

In reply to Theodora. What healing circle??? It is all rainbow and unicorns and a whole lot of bullying of the kind I have never seen before.

By: Bud

Bud — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:22:21 +0000

What seems strange to me is, if you look at the donors for this school, the majority are US corporations. Why are US Corporations investing in a school in Bali for? Tax write offs? And the founder based his starting the school on Al Gores book/movie An inconvenient truth ? That information was debunked years ago. Global warming is a scam! Just follow the money trail. It all leads back to falsified scientific statistics, to make it look like man is changing the climate, when in fact, the Sun controls the climate here on earth, not man. So Al Gore keeps changing the name , now its Climate change, so he can justify his trillion dollar scam on the world! It’s one thing to teach green studies, to recycle, and promote safe industries, but most of these companies and people are in it for the money, not the good of the world. Al Gore was an idiot as a politician, and a bigger idiot as the king of climate change! What qualifications does he have as a scientist or weather man? None! If you look at the financial statements of this Green School, they are losing money each year. How do they stay in business? And with only 15% local enrollment, its a rich kids school, not one for the underprivileged local kids to get a good education. Local kids can’t afford it. It’s a bamboo school charging college fees to elementary school kids. Where’s the money going?

By: Penelope

Penelope — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:01:07 +0000

With so much material on the net these days, I’d almost rather home school my kids than pay outrageously high tuition for questionable teaching methodologies…

By: Dan @ A Cruising Cou

Dan @ A Cruising Cou — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:17:53 +0000

Sounds like Zac’s a very bright kid who has done a lot of experiential learning!

By: Theodora

Theodora — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:44:41 +0000

In reply to Nonplussed.

Well, he WAS a terribly nice guy. Would have been rude to be, well, rude…

What’s fascinating is that since I’ve posted this I’ve had a series of messages from readers recommending the school that Zac actually chose….

By: Nonplussed

Nonplussed — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:32:52 +0000

I think you showed extraordinary restraint there,
{blinks}
Zac has very good instincts doesn’t he?