Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “It's not that I feel that school is a good idea gone wrong, but a wrong idea from the word go. It's a nutty notion that we can have a place where nothing but learning happens, cut off from the rest of life.” ~ John Holt (1923-1985) American author and educator, proponent of homeschooling, and pioneer in youth rights theorySource: Holt, J. (1967). How Children Learn. New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation