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As more schools are set up today, learning iscompulsory. It is an Ought, even worse, a Must,enforced by regular hours and rigid discipline. And theyoung sneer at the Oughts and resist the Musts with alltheir energy. The feeling often lasts through a lifetime.For too many of us, learning appears to be a surrenderof our own will to external direction, a sort ofenslavement. This is a mistake. Learning is a natural pleasure,inborn and instinctive, one of the essential pleasures ofthe human race. Watch a small child, at an age too youngto have had any mental habits implanted by training.Some delightful films made by the late Dr. Arnold Gesellof Yale University show little creatures who can barely
As more schools are set up today, learning iscompulsory. It is an Ought, even worse, a Must, enforced by regular hours and rigid discipline. And theyoung sneer at the Oughts and resist the Musts with alltheir energy. Learning is a natural pleasure, inborn and instinctive, one of the essential pleasures of the human race. a small child, at an age too youngto have any any mental habits implanted by training.Some delightful films made by the late Dr. Arnold Gesellof Yale University show little creatures who can barely