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11.12: Individual and Collective Development

Social fellowships are built upon interests, inclinations and agreements. But schools are not voluntary fellowships and are built upon power-structures. The experience in the classroom of some kind of restriction on the amount of influence one has as an individual will frequently result in one or two of the participants dominating a mutually significant relationship. The widest and most fruitful of fellowships are developed when those involved in the relationship have a free hand in developing themselves as individuals and as members of the group. It is essential that an individual can visualise the various and varied possibilities for further development of both self and group which could be achieved through a fellowship.


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