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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:24 am 
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Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood by A. S. Neill - (nonfiction)

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wiki (book) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill_(book)

wiki (author) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._S._Neill

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Originally published in 1960, Summerhill became an instant bestseller and a classic volume of education for an entire generation. Now, this thoroughly expanded and revised version of the original Summerhill reinstates the revolutionary "free school" traditions begun by Summerhill's founder A.S. Neill.
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"The function of the child is to live his own life- not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows what is best. All this interference and guidance on the part of adults only produces a generation of robots."


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"The function of the child is to live his own life- not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows what is best. "
Oh if only more parents and teachers followed this maxim

Beautiful quote

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