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When schools had to give up the cane

Summerhill School in Suffolk is considered the birthplace of anti-authoritarian education. Founded over 100 years ago in Suffolk, Great Britain, it still exists today as a charitable trust. Its founder …

"The olden days, things were simply better. Back then, men still took responsibility, and women treated them with respect. Children felt their mother's wooden spoon already at an early age. Teenagers learned to fear their father's leather strap, and the master of the house taught a rebellious wife what he expected of her. My books are about this world, where everyone still knew their place. They also describe a future in which everything might be the way it used to be."

Wolfram Steffen