What do you understand by 'education'? Do you think it is important? Why?
	In the 'Freedom' section, we reflect on what could happen in a 'free' school - a place where no learning is compulsory. Why not extent the thought-experiment even further? What would it be like if society banned education altogether? How would the pupils spend the days/weeks/years of their childhood? Would they regret not having the possibility? What would be the implications for society? Would the world descend into a state of savagery? Or would a different set of values come into play? In the Middle Ages there was speculation about whether children, if left without nurture, would revert to the 'natural' language of Adam and Eve - i.e. Hebrew! No-one carried out the experiment. However, there are several examples of feral children. None of these could speak Hebrew or any other language. Younger pupils are fascinated by their stories, particularly on Victor the wild boy of Aveyron, and Kamala and Amala, the two young girls found living with wolves in the 1920s. Information can be found at:       http://www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut/webtwo_features_feral_kids.htm Their stories could be used as the basis for some first-person creative writing on what it might be like to have no education at all.
	Who do students think should be responsible for deciding what is taught in schools? What criteria should be used to guide this choice?