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Alexander Sutherland Neill was a renowned educator born in 1883 and died in 1973. He is known for his unique educational philosophy and advocacy for free education.

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Famous Alexander Sutherland Neill Quotes

“When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.”

Firsts Children Ideas School Wife Fit

Book:Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

Source: Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

“The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live.”

Thinking Should Children Parent Education Teaching Function Anxious

Book:Summerhill: for & against

Source: Summerhill: for & against

“There is never a problem child; there is only a problem parent”

Children Problem Inspiration Parent Problem Child

Book:The Problem Parent

Source: The Problem Parent

“Free children are not easily influenced; the absence of fear accounts for this phenomenon. Indeed, the absence of fear is the finest thing that can happen to a child.”

Children Happens Family Accounts Absence Phenomenon Finest Easily Influenced

Book:Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

Source: Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

“The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself; and in consequence, he is at war with the world.”

World Children War Difficult Family Consequence Unhappy

Book:Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

Source: Summerhill: a radical appoach to education

About the Author

Born: 1883
Died: 1973
Known for: Educator
Quotes: 11

Books & Sources

Summerhill: a radical appoach to educationRelated source material

Neill! Neill! Orange peel!: An autobiographyRelated source material

Summerhill: for & againstRelated source material

The Free ChildRelated source material

The Problem ParentRelated source material

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