Correspondence with A. S. Neill

Résumé

Last Fall, we wrote to Mr. A. S. Neill, founder of the famous Summerhill School and author of a number of works (including Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing) which advocate greater freedom in education. We enclosed a copy of a recent issue of the McGill Journal of Education, (Vol. II, no. 1 which happened to be concerned with the theme "The Teacher and the Teaching Process") and invited Mr. Neill to contribute a paper. His response was as vigorous and as uncompromising as his lifelong efforts at educational reform. It is printed here, along with subsequent correspondence with the editor of the Journal, and some reactions from a teacher.