tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post9043274560619237875..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: A Fine Educational TraditionPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-49884344195210856302010-05-26T22:26:49.913+01:002010-05-26T22:26:49.913+01:00"Years later, it seemed to him that nowhere w..."Years later, it seemed to him that nowhere were children less understood, and nowhere was the canting superstition about children so professed, as in the schools of America.... A male child of delicate sensibility, of poetic quality, of exquisitely tempered mettle, must blunt his razor edge, or suffer the crucifixion of ridicule, brutality, and physical abuse." - Thomas Wolfe<br /><br Madame Xnoreply@blogger.com