Have you ever been in a situation that you cannot resolve and wished there was an impartial onlooker with the authority to help you resolve it? Ombudsmen at Summerhill are these impartial witnesses. The way ombudsmen work is perhaps more impressive than the Meeting itself, even though all their authority comes from the Meeting. Ombudsmen…
On the Way There We were driving up from Grado toward the village. Lately paved, the winding road was a new smooth black snake hugged by stark white stripes. It made you want to F1; it was also visually tactile; I wanted to get out and pull up a handful. Had to be liquorice. The…
Don’t Blame Ringo Neill Was Not A Hippy Part 1 One of the unfortunate moments in democratic education was the sudden success of Summerhill, the book of edited Neill, in America in the early seventies. Neill ended up on the Johnny Carson Show (That’s Jimmy Fallon Jonathan Ross x1000) and the school itself became a…
