The research was conducted over a period of nine months, from September 2013 to April 2014.It consisted of interviews with 94 graduates of the Maria Montessori Primary School No.27 in Lublin, who were educated according to the principles of the Montessori alternative system of education. I analyzed 69 sets of surveys completely filled in by persons meeting the focus group criteria. The questionnaire Self-reflection on Education in the Montessori System prepared on the basis of Hubert Hermans’s Method of Self-confrontation was used for testing the emotional meanings of school experiences. The overview of the indicators that evaluated the school situation can be contained in the statements: You will be responsible for the education of your ch...