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How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading John Holt Analysis
The most basic summarization of my thoughts on John Holt’s “How Teachers Make Children Hate Reading” would be to say I am in strong agreement with him. Holt describes his teaching experience with elementary school students and how he’s found fault in the most commonly used methods of such. In my opinion, learning even the most basic english concepts in a harsh pass or fail environment can take away from a person's interest in these topics. A main factor in reading or writing should be the enjoyment of it, but there's stress that comes with good grades. Holt's fear that said stress could turn children off to literature so soon in life is justified. The literary arts are about creativity; when under pressure, you lose some of that creative motivation.
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