Project Gutenberg 2018-04-23 Public domain in the USA. 164 Neill, Alexander Sutherland 1883 1973 Neill, A. S. (Alexander Sutherland) A Dominie's Log Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dominie%27s_Log Produced by MWS, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "A Dominie's Log" by Alexander Sutherland Neill is an educational memoir written in the early 20th century. This engaging narrative explores the life and thoughts of a Scottish schoolmaster, or dominie, as he reflects on the educational system, his interactions with his students, and his philosophical insights on teaching and life. Neill's approach is characterized by a mixture of humor, candidness, and a critical view of conventional education methods. At the start of the memoir, the narrator introduces his decision to maintain a private log, feeling constrained by the formalities mandated by the Scottish education system. He candidly expresses his frustrations with the limitations of traditional education, emphasizing the need to foster genuine understanding and self-realization among his students rather than rote learning. Through humorous anecdotes about his relationships with children and the challenges of teaching, he grapples with larger questions about education, discipline, and the societal roles of his pupils in a changing world. The opening suggests that this log will be a reflection of not only his daily experiences but also his broader beliefs about education and humanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Education -- Philosophy Neill, Alexander Sutherland, 1883-1973 Education -- Scotland Teachers -- Scotland -- Biography LF Text Category: Biographies Category: Teaching & Education 265794 2025-07-22T14:50:48.048651 text/html 270835 2018-04-23T10:06:20 text/html 466497 2025-07-22T14:50:52.369709 application/epub+zip 466967 2025-07-22T14:50:48.788688 application/epub+zip 155604 2025-07-22T14:50:48.397673 application/epub+zip 562061 2025-07-22T14:50:55.216655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529069 2025-07-22T14:50:51.966710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 222639 2022-08-25T16:07:08.187009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242367 2025-07-22T14:50:47.562683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242216 2018-04-23T10:06:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19254 2025-07-22T14:50:55.353630 application/rdf+xml 18739 2025-07-22T14:50:48.485640 image/jpeg 3323 2025-07-22T14:50:48.440714 image/jpeg 95729 2018-04-23T10:06:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 420577 2018-04-23T10:06:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 424946 2025-07-22T14:50:48.084659 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 en.wikipedia