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Originally Posted by TGS
Not sure if you would really want them at Summerhill these days. I was for many years an admirer of A.S Neil and then, a few years ago I was in a job that meant that I had to visit Summerhill two at three times a year. Suffice it to say, it's not like it was in Neil's day.
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Okay, maybe not today's Summerhill. Fairly moot point; my kids aren't attending school on a different continent. There are probably equally
wacky liberal schools near me, but I can't afford them. But as mediocre as the local public schools are, they don't interfere with my own educational choices for my kids, and I don't have to worry that if the kids mention our religion, they'll be harassed or attacked.
I do worry that I'm not teaching them to be paranoid enough about the kinds of bigotries they'll run into if/when they ever leave the "Bay Area bubble."