“Summerhill is not an ideal school. You aren’t allowed to leave it.”
– Rose
From the archives: Originally posted on 10th November 1998
“The ideal school would be tailored to meet these individual needs and therefore will never exist. Unless one attends Summerhill.”
Summerhill is not an ideal school. You aren’t allowed to leave it.
See also:
- Why schools like Summerhill and Sudbury Valley can’t be noncoercive
- Forget about it!
- Learners’ rights vs. alleged ‘responsibilities’
Rose, 1998, ‘Why Summerhill is not ideal’, https://takingchildrenseriously.com/why-summerhill-is-not-ideal