A.S. Neill Quote

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.

A.S. Neill

No teacher has the right to cure a child of making noises on a drum. The only curing that should be practiced is the curing of unhappiness.

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About A.S. Neill

Alexander Sutherland Neill (17 October 1883 ā€“ 23 September 1973) was a Scottish educator and author known for his school, Summerhill, and its philosophy of freedom from adult coercion and community self-governance. Raised in Scotland, Neill taught at several schools before attending the University of Edinburgh in 1908ā€“1912. He took two jobs in journalism before World War I, and taught at Gretna Green Village School in the second year of the war, writing his first book, A Dominie's Log (1915), as a diary of his life there as head teacher. He joined a Dresden school in 1921 and founded Summerhill on returning to England in 1924. Summerhill gained renown in the 1930s and then in the 1960sā€“1970s, due to progressive and counter-culture interest. Neill wrote 20 books. His top seller was the 1960 Summerhill, read widely in the free school movement from the 1960s.