Lewis and Schooling
Posted: Jul 24, 2019 6:02 am
Something interesting occurred to me about The Silver Chair recently. Experiment House is clearly supposed to be a satire of education trends which Lewis disliked. Most of the things Lewis points out about it as unusual hinder Jill and Eustace. (For example, not teaching how to curtsey or not knowing about Adam and Eve.) But the fact that the school is coeducational ends up being a good thing. If it weren't, Jill and Eustace wouldn't have met and the story wouldn't have happened. So was Lewis against coed schools or not?
I'm sorry if this topic sparks a flame war. I know whether Lewis was sexist is a hotly debated topic. FWIW it wouldn't really impact my opinion of him whether he approved of coeducational schools or not.
I'm sorry if this topic sparks a flame war. I know whether Lewis was sexist is a hotly debated topic. FWIW it wouldn't really impact my opinion of him whether he approved of coeducational schools or not.