☑☑☑☑☑ = A FIVE PAGE rating ☾ 😦 This week I came across a quote about one of my favorite books, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and it reminded me that I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. I feel somewhat unsettled to admit that I loved this book. The topic is so…. disturbing, horrifying at times, bordering on the brink of sanity … Continue reading Frankenstein
CHAPTER IV SOME OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AS PERSONS Children should be Free in their Play.—We have considered the wisdom and duty of ‘a wise passiveness,’ ‘a masterly inactivity,’ in the bringing up of children. It remains to glance in detail at the various points in a child’s life, where this principle should govern us. And, first, as regards children’s … Continue reading School Education Volume 3 Chapter 4
CHAPTER III ‘MASTERLY INACTIVITY’ Increased Sense of Responsibility.—It would be an interesting task for a literary expert to trace the stages of ethical thought marked by the uses, within living memory, of the word responsibility. People, and even children, were highly responsible in the fifties and sixties, but then it was for their own character, conduct, and demeanour. It is not … Continue reading School Education Volume 3 Chapter 3
