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Dear Paul Loved your Godwin quote, just fancy him being the father of Mary Shelley. Thought your comment about 'freeing school' was witty. Liked it. Kindest Gerald -----Original Message----- From: Paul Carney <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: 14 July 2001 17:27 Subject: Re: 'Special Needs'? >Dear Gerald > >> I've been involved with the free school movement for many >> years. > >I too believe in freeing school - it's been imprisoned for far >too long! (Sorry, I couldn't resist it) 8-) > >> I find your comments and insight refreshing and reassuring. > >I wonder if you have ever come across the writings of William >Godwin? He once wrote: > >"The mind of a child is no less vagrant than his steps; it >pursues the gossamer, and flies from object to object, lawless >and unconfined: and it is equally necessary to the development >of his frame, that his thoughts and his body should be free from >fetters." > >That was written in the late eighteenth century. For me it >predates Carl Rogers thoughts on student centered learning, in >his book 'Freedom to Learn', by two hundred years. > >Godwin, incidentally, was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and >the father of Mary Shelley. > > > >===== >Best wishes > >Paul > >____________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk >or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie