[ExI] Summerhill School

[Gadersd]

It seems likely that there is some sampling bias in this nerdy chat group.

> On Jan 17, 2023, at 1:40 PM, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 9:08 AM Gadersd via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto: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 <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
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>> 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  
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>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 4:14 PM MB via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto: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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