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Originally Posted by Walks_in_islam
This is what fell apart. ACE schools were a slick all inclusive little design package. The classrooms were designed with the desks around the room, each facing the wall. There were dividers between the desks. Each student faced the back wall and did their work facing the back of their little isolation cube in perfect silence. Students set silly little "goals" for the day, the week, and those "goals" on those little "goalsheets" were the basis for the homework if any. The punishment systems were on a demerit basis. Talk - demerit. Turn around - demerit. The uniforms were red/white/blue. Boys wore ties every day. Even the uniforms were designed by ACE. There was no direct contact with other students in the classroom. Need teacher's help? Put up a little flag and the teacher would come by. Teachers didn't actually "teach", they spent most of the day "monitoring" the students to ensure that they were still, quiet, and working. Still and quiet, sadly, were more important than "working" or quality of the work. The teachers were even called "monitors" in that program. Cross that with Church 4x a week and how in the world can that upbringing not be ultra, ultra conservative? In any case, although the (original) ACE system turned out lots of little robot soldiers, the actual quality of the education left much to be desired. Whoever designed that system was actually kind of sick. THAT is what fell apart but not before so, so many organizations fell for it hook, line, and sinker. After all, still and quiet can't be bad, right? ACE was about control.
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Well, it hasn't fallen apart. ACE schools are still thriving all over the country. My friend's children attend one and love it. I know oodles and oodles of people who went through ACE schools and feel that they got a great education. (and not one of them acts like a robot soldier, either.
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I'm sure you know ACE is not a Pentecostal organization, anyway. Just used by many of them.
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