There is no way that it can conform to each and every parent's idea of what 'alternative' means. "Kuo Chao-ching explains," Schools like Summerhill in the UK, or Forest Elementary, more often than not shape most people's thinking of what alternative schools should be like. They assume that every alternative elementary school stresses openness and gives children plenty of room to be independent.
「華德福屬於多元教育中的一元，自有一套完整的教育理念，不可能符合所有家長對於『另類』的不同想像，」郭朝清解釋，一般人對另類小學的想像大多來自英國夏山小學或森林小學，以為每一所另類小學都強調自由開放、賦予孩子充分的自主權。