[ExI] Summerhill School

[Adrian Tymes]

For me, school was better than having nothing to do all day (though that
was rarely the case on non-school days).  Is that loving it?  It's
certainly not hating it.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 9:08 AM Gadersd via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> 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:
>
>>
>>
>> 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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