Those who studied Germany in the past as a militarist nation must realize that a real change of heart can only be effected through the training of the children now growing up. Much interest, therefore, attaches to an experiment in education which has been initiated in Germany by Dr. Paulsen, Superintendent of Schools in Berlin. Dr. Paulsen seems to be aiming at a complete metamorphosis of the old system and his professed ideal is to leave every child free to develop his individuality in such ways as to fit him for the greatest possible usefulness. He claims that a generation brought up in freedom, with aspirations of the soul fully expressed, will be able to see what teachers and politicians of today cannot see, and to do what no nation has done so far. The curriculum is certainly nove]
"Children start to school at six, under a specified, teacher. When they grow a little older, each child chooses its own teacher. There are no Brides, no regular classes no promotions, The children simply spend five or six hours a day in intercourse with their teachers. - There is no constraint upon them, They talk when they like,. move freely about the building, and work at whatever
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