Old Fashioned Education How many children do you know that love to be in school? John Holt, in his essay School Is Bad for Children, tells us his opinion of our schools by listing some claims, which describe the deficiencies in our education system. Holt, whom I most certainly agree with, claims that children learn to do only enough work to get by; they are taught that learning is separate from living; they perceive that …
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…be ready to face future experiences. Works Cited Gregory, Dick. "Shame." Our Lives, Our Worlds: A Thematic Reader. Ed. Richard M. Shaw, et al. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2001. 171-73. Holt, John. "School Is Bad For Children." Our Lives, Our Worlds: A Thematic Reader. Ed. Richard M. Shaw, et al. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2001. 163-68. Scudder, Samuel. "Look At Your Fish." Our Lives, Our Worlds: A Thematic Reader. Ed. Richard M. Shaw, et al. Fort Worth: Harcourt, 2001. 204-07