I did like the idea of social control from the get go. I agree with Dewey on how life is all about social structures, and I liked incorporating the teacher as a member of the group, just the most experience one.
I liked the chapter on freedom based on the title. I have found myself in accordance with Dewey has to say quite a bit, I still haven't formed many strong opinions on experiential education as of yet, so I'm pretty open about things that are said in text. After delving into the chapter i came to the conclusion that it would be extremely hard to teach a group with freedom. I liked how he said "Freedom of movement (as in a less rigid classroom) does not automatically create freedom of intelligence". And how as teachers, we should add some mental structure to help process events. "Impulses and desires need to be ordered by intelligence."
Which lead to chapter six ending up as my favorite of the reading. I really like the idea of a class where the students have an active role in planning what is happening (with some guidance from a teacher) therefore having more stock invested in their education. We have way too much dictation in school, or control I guess you could say, where I think we need more cooperative enterprise.
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