Famous John Holt Quotations

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"...since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned."
by John Holt
"No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back."
by John Holt
"The reason of a resolution is more to be considered than the resolution itself."
by Sir John Holt
"The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do."
by John Holt
"Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned."
by John Holt


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