Project Gutenberg 2011-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 291 Franklin, William S. (William Suddards) 1863 1930 Franklin, William Suddards Franklin, W. S. (William Suddards) unk81011753 Bill's School and Mine: A Collection of Essays on Education E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Steven Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) "Bill's School and Mine: A Collection of Essays on Education" by William S. Franklin is a collection of essays focused on educational philosophy and its practical implications, written in the early 20th century. The text reflects on contrasts between traditional outdoor education and modern schooling, particularly through the lens of personal experiences. The author examines the impact of societal changes on education and childhood experiences, particularly comparing his own formative years in nature with the structured but limited experiences of a boy named Bill. The opening of the work introduces the reader to the author's nostalgic fondness for his boyhood, filled with outdoor adventures and hands-on experiences in nature. He reminisces about the freedom and various skills he cultivated in his youth, contrasting them with the modern, more confined educational experiences of urban children like Bill, who lacks exposure to natural environments and the joys of unstructured play. This exploration sets the tone for deeper discussions about the value of experiential learning, the importance of play in education, and the need for reform in how education is approached in increasingly industrialized societies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Education LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Teaching & Education 155933 2025-06-15T10:18:32.391511 text/html 152869 2011-10-03T23:10:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 771604 2011-10-03T23:13:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 704801 2025-06-15T10:18:40.882449 application/epub+zip 706023 2025-06-15T10:18:36.784458 application/epub+zip 113915 2025-06-15T10:18:35.198448 application/epub+zip 920175 2025-06-15T10:18:43.781466 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 899046 2025-06-15T10:18:39.756470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214345 2022-09-17T08:41:17.593670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130181 2025-06-15T10:18:31.781468 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129863 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47198 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129871 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 47204 2011-10-03T23:05:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19916 2025-06-15T10:18:43.994411 application/rdf+xml 23611 2025-06-15T10:18:35.760444 image/jpeg 4665 2025-06-15T10:18:35.480433 image/jpeg 882854 2025-06-15T10:18:32.423501 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog