ABSTRACT
The book is divided into two parts. The first forms a survey of the inadequacies of the Swiss school system in the early twentieth century (but the issues it discusses were universal ones which were just as prevalent in the English school system of that time). The second part of the book is a collection of testimonies from former pupils on the worst aspects of their schooling. With reference to the ideals of Pestalozzi the author proposes ways in which to find constructive solutions to the problems of harsh teachers, schools and de-motivated pupils.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |98 pages
Diagnosis
chapter |6 pages
Daemons
chapter |8 pages
Sufferings
chapter |7 pages
Discipline
chapter |4 pages
Pleasure in Achievement
chapter |9 pages
Intellectualism
chapter |6 pages
Mis-Education
chapter |7 pages
Expenditure and Results
chapter |6 pages
The Rights of Personality
chapter |12 pages
Humanity
chapter |7 pages
Comradeship
chapter |4 pages
Provisional Life
chapter |20 pages
Mistakes
part |210 pages
Reports