A very common problem many Sudbury schools have is people read about this educational philosophy, study it, discuss it, say they agree with it, and then when it comes down to practicing it, find out that they didn't really believe in it after all. They might decide it was a weakness in the model, when to those involved with the model it seems much more like they really didn't understand it. I say that because many of us in Sudbury schools have seen people get hung up on the same things over and over again. Often people are looking for a kind and gentle place, rather than a rough, frustrating yet very rewarding, place. This experience tends to make one much more blunt over time.
Some people interpret that as intolerant or closed-minded.
And it does get a little tiresome to get attacked by people who haven't read the Sudbury materials or visited a Sudbury school yet think they know all about it. I'm late for my next brainwashing session.