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Thread #169328   Message #4092459
Posted By: Thompson
10-Feb-21 - 11:52 AM
Thread Name: BS: alternative education
Subject: RE: BS: alternative education
Fascinating programme about the school that was the original of the book and later film To Sir With Love. The original school, St-George-in-the-East, was run by an extraordinary educator, Alex Bloom, who taught (in a time when autocracy and corporal punishment were the norm in British schools) with a policy of friendship and respect towards children, and an absence of competition or prizes. Here's a piece about the school and headmaster.