John Holt

What is most important and valuable about the home as a base for children's growth into the world is not that it is a better school than the schools, but that it isn't a school at all. ↗

— John Holt

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Fear, boredom, and resistance--they all go to make what we call stupid children. ↗

— John Holt

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A life worth living, and work worth doing - that is what I want for children (and all people), not just, or not even, something called 'a better education. ↗

— John Holt

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Much of what we call History is the success stories of madmen. ↗

— John Holt

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People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have. ↗

— John Holt

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