Years later, they have become outstanding artists. Musicians, designers, actors, scientists and many examples of problem children are cited throughout the book. For example: 13-year-old Winifred hated all her subjects, skipped school all day long, and her parents were helpless. She had only been in Summerhill for a few weeks. He took the initiative to return to class and study hard to get into his ideal school. The 11-year-old George had a strong fear. He did not dare to leave his parents or do anything alone. After coming to Xiashan for a year and a half, he became a child. Confident and independent, daring to travel long distances alone, and calmly dealing with people and situations. The 16-year-old Tom repeated his grades and the teacher thought he was hopeless. After studying at Xiashan for a year, he determined his life goal and was admitted to medical school. Become a good doctor and study hard.
The theme of the whole book is love and freedom. The most impressive thing in the book is freedom! Children can attend classes or not, as long as they like, they can stay away from classes all year round. The school does have a curriculum, but that's just for teachers. "This is the first sentence at the beginning of the book. Giving children freedom means respecting their choices and respecting the laws of their growth. In the process of raising children, people often regard teaching children knowledge and allowing them to master basic survival skills as It seems that if this is not the case, the child will lose the basic ability to survive in the future, but the development of good personality will be ignored. From Neil's point of view, good personality is not cultivated, but is already possessed by children. . As long as he is not restrained by oppression, distortion and interference during his growth, he will naturally grow into a sincere, natural, independent and altruistic person.
Too many incredible and unimaginable things are real and lively in Xia Shan. It allows us to truly understand how education lays the foundation for life and how to develop freely. In Xiashan School, there is no preaching or control. What I feel is the pulse of the principal, teachers and students growing together. Happy. The relationship between the principal and the students is already equal. Instead of the majesty of the teacher, there is just an excellent relationship between friends. The word "love" is not mentioned too much in the book, but I can feel it from every sentence. See Neil's deep love for children. Without such love, it is impossible to give children that kind of freedom. The essence of education is not to convey the fear of backwardness and survival anxiety to children to force them to fight for that moment. The fleeting "number one" and today's "number one" cannot guarantee that children will calmly face the fierce competition in the future. The essence of education is to respect children, care for children, and let children learn and grow happily.
? The Pymalion Effect says that when a child is educated as a good child, he will get better and better; but when you believe that he is a bad child in your heart, no matter how hard you try, it will not help. In education, we must take love and respect as the premise, tolerate and accept every child with heart, look at children with appreciation, encourage children, and explore the shining points of every child! Grow happily with tolerance and encouragement