"He came to the conclusion in his first book, How Children Fail, that everything that goes on in these schools is a charade of learning, that the teachers promote the students, the students display their knowledge on a test, and then they get promoted. And then John realized that he gave the same test even a couple of days later, like the same test that he gave them on Friday, he gives on Monday. Most of the students failed at." - Pat Farenga, #unschooling advocate, about John Holt, godfather of free #education
Let's start taking responsibility, not only for our kids, but for our planet and the next generations to come - clearly #school has been a complete failure in providing critical thinkers that are seeing the bigger picture.
Join me at the Wild Life - The Unschooling Podcast, and deep dive into what Pat has to say. For me, an eye-opening conversation about #freedom, happiness and true education. 🧡 🧠