Project Gutenberg 2018-09-22 Public domain in the USA. 142 Dell, Floyd 1887 1969 Were You Ever a Child? The child -- The school building -- The teacher -- The book -- The magic theory of education -- The caste system of education -- The canonization of book-magic -- The conquest of culture in america -- Smith, Jones and Robinson -- Employer vs. trade unionist -- The goose-step -- The Gary plan -- Learning to work -- Learning to play -- First and last things -- The child as artist -- The artist as a child -- The drama of education -- The drama of life -- Curiosity -- The right to be wrong -- Enterprise -- Democracy -- Responsibility -- Love -- Education in 1947 A.D. Produced by ellinora, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Were You Ever a Child?" by Floyd Dell is a treatise on educational theory written in the early 20th century. The book reflects on the challenges of modern educational systems, particularly in how they relate to the needs and characteristics of children. It critiques conventional educational practices and explores the necessity of adapting educational methods to align more closely with the realities of a child's nature and modern society. The opening of the work presents a direct address to the reader, posing a rhetorical question about childhood and education. Dell sets the tone with a candid acknowledgment of the failures of the traditional education system, suggesting that it has produced adults who feel disconnected from the joys and realities of life. The author employs a conversational style, inviting the audience into an examination of education's purpose by using the child's perspective in a courtroom-like setting to argue for a reevaluation of how children learn and grow. Dell introduces the premise that education must adapt to cultivate the child's innate curiosity and creativity, rather than molding them into rigid conformity to outdated systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Education LB Text Category: Teaching & Education 276779 2025-06-23T07:21:38.221058 text/html 281715 2018-09-22T05:25:02 text/html 235264 2025-06-23T07:21:43.963022 application/epub+zip 233904 2025-06-23T07:21:39.117031 application/epub+zip 204418 2025-06-23T07:21:38.649035 application/epub+zip 303897 2025-06-23T07:21:47.465989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265008 2025-06-23T07:21:43.516026 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235972 2022-09-26T08:28:57.616128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241637 2025-06-23T07:21:37.629073 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 241887 2018-09-22T05:25:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18691 2025-06-23T07:21:47.615983 application/rdf+xml 16150 2025-06-23T07:21:38.748035 image/jpeg 2683 2025-06-23T07:21:38.699018 image/jpeg 91741 2018-09-22T05:25:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 199281 2018-09-22T05:25:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 244487 2025-06-23T07:21:38.253033 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