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Alexander Sutherland Neill Frases famosas
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“Gostaria antes ver a escola produzir um varredor de ruas feliz do que um erudito neurótico”
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Fonte: Neill, no livro "Liberdade sem Medo". Nova Escola http://novaescola.abril.com.br/ed/163_jun03/html/pensadores.htm
Alexander Sutherland Neill: Frases em inglês
A.S. Neill livro Summerhill
Fonte: Summerhill (1960), p. 356
“A good teacher does not draw out; he gives out, and what he gives out is love.”
The Problem Teacher (1939), p. 11
Contexto: A good teacher does not draw out; he gives out, and what he gives out is love. And by love I mean approval, or if you like, friendliness, good nature. The good teacher not only understands the child: he approves of the child.
A.S. Neill livro Summerhill
Fonte: Summerhill (1960), p. 12
Contexto: You cannot make children learn music or anything else without to some degree converting them into will-less adults. You fashion them into accepters of the status quo – a good thing for a society that needs obedient sitters at dreary desks, standers in shops, mechanical catchers of the 8:30 suburban train – a society, in short, that is carried on the shabby shoulders of the scared little man – the scared-to-death conformist.
“If the emotions are free, the intellect will look after itself.”
The Free Child (1953), p. 29
“My own criterion of success is the ability to work joyfully and to live positively.”
A.S. Neill livro Summerhill
Fonte: Summerhill (1960), p. 29
