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Tag Archives: A.S. Neill
Rethinking our views on education and success
Occupy Wall Street is getting a lot of press in New York and across the country. Today I was reading through some (many) of the testimonials on the web site We Are the 99 Percent. What struck me like a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, College, compulsory schooling, corruption, debt, democracy, education, job, John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, mark frauenfelder, occupy wall st., student loans, success, unschooling, we are the 99%
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The true measure of success
Today Maya announced “There are so many exciting things happening. It can’t get any better than this!” Those are just about the best words I could think of hearing from one of my kids. Words that say they are happy … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, Ben, deco-den, happiness, joy, learning, Lego, life learning, Maya, new moon girls, penpal, success, summerhill school, The Donators, unschooling
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An education worth having
In 1968 John Holt wrote, in a letter to A.S. Neill, the founder of the Summerhill school in England: Young people in this country ask me about going to college or staying in college…. I say to [them], “What do … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A.S. Neill, Bill Gates, College, education, homeschooling, John Holt, learning, life learning, paradigm, Summerhill, tipping point, unschooling
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