9 Quotes & Sayings By As Neill

Dr. A.S. Neill was born in 1893 at Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, the son of a school teacher. He was educated at Enfield Grammar School and then Sydney University where he received his M.A., B.Sc., and B.A Read more

degrees, the latter in 1915. He taught at Newington College, Sydney University, and the University of Adelaide before joining the staff of St George's Hospital Medical School in 1921 as professor of psychiatry and forensic medicine; he became professor of forensic medicine in 1926 and stayed with St George's for twenty years until 1940, when he moved to London to become warden of St Thomas' Hospital. Here he stayed for five years after which he retired on full salary to devote himself to writing.

If the emotions are free the intellect will look after...
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If the emotions are free the intellect will look after itself A.S. Neill
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The function of a child is to live his/her own life, not the life that his/her anxious parents think he/she should live, nor a life according to the purpose of the educators who thinks they knows best A.S. Neill
I would rather see a school produce a happy street...
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I would rather see a school produce a happy street cleaner than a neurotic scholar. A.S. Neill
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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. A.S. Neill
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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. A.S. Neill
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Summerhill children are allowed to go through their gangster period, and consequentially more furniture is destroyed. A.S. Neill
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Compelled respect always implies fear. A.S. Neill
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All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness. A.S. Neill