![]() ![]() Hard to believe, but that was exactly Summerhill. ‘I want you all to imagine a school that was designed to fit the needs of the child. I couldn’t wait to share this new-found knowledge with my classmates and teacher. I made notes and was beginning to get really excited for the big day of presentation. I read the book in one sitting and was blown away by what I was reading. It is divided into topics such as self-regulation, sex, parents, teaching, religion, and psychology. After the second page I was hooked (I still am, to this day, when I pick the book up as a mother of four). The title was Talking of Summerhill, and it had been printed in 1967. Three days before my scheduled presentation, I took the book and looked at it not having the slightest clue what on earth it was about. ![]() And again like most 16-year-olds, I left it to the last minute before even reading the book. The latter I could not pronounce, so I took Summerhill. ![]() This resulted in my having to pick Summerhill or Montessori. Like most 16-year-olds, I was in the back chatting and not paying attention. ![]() We were supposed to pick a topic from the blackboard and hold a little presentation in front of everybody. The first time I came in contact with the word Summerhill was at high school in Germany. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child. Summerhill: A failed experiment or common sense on how it should be?įree children are not easily influenced the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. ![]()
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