Why I Hate The Writing, By J. Holt

When I read the title to this essay, my immediate thoughts, I love to read, but hate the writing, that should be on the writing. I was one of those students who still had and still have the dislike of writing to reading. Holt's article has confirmed my conviction that this hatred is due to the ever-looming possibility of failure. As I continued to read, in each section I could identify with Holt's arguments, this was a teacher who clearly explored the student's point of view. I understood Holt's thought process that learning is more effective when giving a child the freedom to learn in a way that works for him, and when you remove the uncertainty of failure, you add the will to try and the courage be creative. In my answer, I will discuss