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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gadersd via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Summerhill School<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…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… Gadersd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hey cool, now I know what happened to me: I was driven mad by having my worth reduced to a number.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In full disclosure, I really liked that system and I really liked the number I was reduced to. Hey when one sucks as everything else but wins every match in the classroom, well OK then, being driven mad is a pleasant trip. We can do mad, if that is the destination and the conveyance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Did I like school? It certainly had its moments and its bright spots. My memories of it are generally pleasant, certainly from high school onward. But I was probably one of the lucky ones.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>