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School Is Bad for Children

by John Holt
Sentient Publications

This is excerpted from The Underachieving School by John Holt. Reprinted with permission from Sentient Publications.

Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, and more confident, resourceful, persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life. 

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