Kolleen

>Me, I benefit from those whacks upside the head. <g>
>Tia


Tia, was it you who said you read Summerhill as a child and your life was
changed forever?

I don't see Summerhill text being 'whacking'. So maybe any whacks that
subsequently follwed were just reminders of a introduction that you
already had that was serene and pleasant in the experience?

If it wasn't you who read it, then I retract the above, go on to the next
email *smile*


regards,
kolleen

Tia Leschke

>
>Tia, was it you who said you read Summerhill as a child and your life was
>changed forever?

That was me.


>I don't see Summerhill text being 'whacking'. So maybe any whacks that
>subsequently follwed were just reminders of a introduction that you
>already had that was serene and pleasant in the experience?

I guess we must be down to the definition of whacking. <g> I *think* that
the discussion was about people being straightforward in what they were
saying, rather than worrying about the person's feelings. Obviously A.S.
Neill was being straightforward and not worrying about his readers'
feelings. Then again, my feelings couldn't have been hurt by anything he
wrote because I wasn't then in a position of making decisions about
anyone's education or upbringing.
Tia

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island

Kolleen

>Then again, my feelings couldn't have been hurt by anything he
>wrote because I wasn't then in a position of making decisions about
>anyone's education or upbringing.
>Tia


Point well taken Tia.

And yes, I need to ponder the definition of what one would deem as
'whack' against what another would deem as 'whack'.

regards,
kolleen

Tia Leschke

>
>And yes, I need to ponder the definition of what one would deem as
>'whack' against what another would deem as 'whack'.

I guess I've always thought of a whack upside the head as being more like a
wake up call, an opportunity to look at things a different way. I never
really thought of it terms of any kind of violent act, even verbal. Quite
possibly other people think of them differently.
Tia

What you think of me is none of my business.
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Tia Leschke leschke@...
On Vancouver Island