Did Waffler give this a 0 rating because... he agreed with Lewis that "educationalists" (socialist-style teachers) were wrong? How peculiar. Waffler, you need to (re-)read the quote slower buddy.

Absolutely right. To Anonymous-from-Virginia, Do you truly believe that by passing poor students when they should be withheld or holding good students when they should not is the correct way to teach the value of human worth? I also take it from your statement that schools and books are of no or little value, it's purely the action of the student that stimulate learning. While the latter is significant and largely true, why must the prior also be true? It should not.