A man called A. S. Neill opened this school in 1921. Neill knew well what kinds of problems many children have at school and he believed he could help them feel free. So each child there can choose what he wants in life. The children at Summerhill decide themselves if they want to have lessons or not. It is strange, but most of them do. They often come from schools at which they were unhappy and didn’t want to do any work at all. But at Summerhill they usually decide that to have classes is more interesting than not to have them.
Like in most other schools, the children study different subjects. At the beginning of a term each student gets a timetable, on which they write the lessons they want to have.
Another unusual thing about Summerhill is the meetings. There teachers and students discuss the school rules two times a week. If a teacher wants to tell everyone about a student’s bad behaviour, he can do it at the meeting. A student can also say what he dislikes about a teacher. At the meetings children can listen, think and make decisions about their own lives.
And you? Can you make decisions yourself? Would you like to study at Summerhill?
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Summerhill school is about one hundred years old.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated -
A. S. Neill was a famous teacher.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated -
Most children at Summerhill don’t want to have classes.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated -
At the end of the school year children decide what lessons they want to have.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated -
Teachers and students speak about the school rules and the school life at the meetings.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated -
Children at Summerhill take a lot of trips.
a) True
b) False
c) Not stated
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