"Were You Ever a Child?" by Floyd Dell is a critical look at early 20th-century education. It points out the flaws in how schools were run and how they often failed to meet the real requirements of children. The book suggests that the way kids were taught didn't match who they were as people or the world around them. The book starts by asking a question about childhood, then quickly admits traditional education wasn't working, arguing that modern education systems produced adults disconnected from joy and reality of life. Dell's writing feels like a friendly conversation where they use a kid's point of view and a courtroom-like argument to rethink how we teach and help kids grow. The main idea is that education should spark a child's natural curiosity and imagination instead of forcing them to fit old-fashioned molds.
Were You Ever a Child?
By Floyd Dell
Imagine a courtroom where childhood itself puts education on trial, arguing for a system that nurtures the spirit instead of suppressing it.
Summary
About the AuthorFloyd James Dell was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated Friday Literary Review. As editor and critic, Dell's influence is seen in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, Little Accident (1928), was made into a Hollywood movie.
Floyd James Dell was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated Friday Literary Review. As editor and critic, Dell's influence is seen in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, Little Accident (1928), was made into a Hollywood movie.
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