[ExI] Summerhill School

[William Flynn Wallace]

Some children are driven mad by having their entire worth reduced to a
> single number. Some, such as you can handle it, others not so much.  G
>

I would blame such a thing on the parents and their expectations.  Mama
never made any comment whether I made As or Ds.  I knew I was smart no
matter how I did in the class.  Very libertarian upbringing.

bill w

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> On Jan 17, 2023, at 12:16 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> It wasn't school so much as knowledge.  I am very introverted and always
> wanted to read a book rather than go play with the neighborhood kids.  The
> idea of liking or not liking school never occurred to me.  We all did it,
> except on those days when we faked being sick (Mama was understanding).
>
> I have not changed a bit and still read scores of books a year.  What will
> I do with the knowledge?  Just enjoy it.   bill w
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 11:08 AM Gadersd via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> You loved school? That is honestly the first time I have ever heard
>> someone say that.
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2023, at 11:59 AM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> Look, we can't blame it all on the schools.  I loved school and where I
>> went was the same as anywhere else.  In fact, in college I took a dozen
>> courses or more that were not required.  If the teacher was bad I just sat
>> in class and read forward in the text.  You can't keep an interested man
>> down.   bill w
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 4:14 PM MB via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>> Gadersd via extropy-chat wrote:
>>> > I would have loved that school as a child. It would have saved me from
>>> so much trauma and I was at the top of my class. Not everyone from the
>>> bottom of the class even survived.
>>>
>>> I hear you - and I wonder what *I* would have done with my life had I
>>> been exposed to such a choice of interests.  I was at the top of my
>>> class until highschool, and then schooling killed any interest I had in
>>> learning anything for many many years.  As my older brothers told me,
>>> "Don't worry, it gets better when you're out of school."  We all hated
>>> it.
>>>
>>> What a terrible pity and a waste.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> MB
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