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“Small boys often produce their own plays; but usually the parts are not written out. They hardly need to be, for the main line of each character is always "Stick 'em up!" In these plays the curtain is always rung down on a set of corpses, for small boys are by nature through and uncompromising.”

Writing Imagination Boys Childhood Theatre Gangsters Make Believe Plays

Book:Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

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“Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed.”

Imagination Growing Up Childhood Destruction Gangsters Make Believe

Book:Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

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“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.”

“Compelled respect always implies fear.”

Book:Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing

Source: Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing