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That's the educational theory behind the Summerhill School: http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ Some kids that go there spen
by unalone 17y ago
That's the educational theory behind the Summerhill School:
http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/ http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/
Some kids that go there spend periods of years doing no work, going to no classes, and aren't punished. The idea is that when the kid is ready to learn, he will learn without provocation.
- hughprime 17y agoSounds dangerous. When I was a kid, I was already enough of a contrarian that if I'd gone there I probably would have done no work just to prove their silly theory wrong.
- unalone 17y agoThat's why it's something like a ten-year school. The idea is that given a decade of freedom, kids will more readily find what they really want.