Alexander Sutherland Neill Quotes

When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.

Alexander Sutherland Neill

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• When my first wife & I began the school, we had one main idea: to make the school fit the child - instead of making the child fit the school.

  

  Alexander Sutherland Neill
  • School
  • Wife
  • Ideas