Summerhill

A good movie, unique in showing the spirit of child led learning. A few striking differences struck to me- between the Western and Eastern approach. Almost like rule-following Suryavanshis vs more fluid Chandravanshis as explained by Amish Tripathi in his books.

1. The kids' court where majority passed rules and punishments didn't jive with me. It made decision making more efficient but did I make it more effective?

2. I am glad for some lawlessness in the vast country of India where government's OFSTED bureaucracy can't reach KLM. 😊 3. I like the admission of the strict mom that it's her want for orderliness and not the child's exploration that's the issue. Her adult personality wont change now but the girl should get to form hers.

I may be biased here. East or west, what is missing for me, and perhaps will be in any community-wide system unless one takes great efforts is a deep understanding of every individual. Even in community living, we come in contact over common activities and brush past each other superficially. How awesome would it be to have at least one other person who understands you super-closely, especially the budding child. What is making him tick or not tick? What was going on in the head of the trouble-maker that he bashed up a little boy? Where is the freedom-filled avenue to express the evilest of feelings inside us. The improv game they showed in the movie seemed one great tool for such catharsis.