…it is our responsibility as teachers to have in our classrooms what the children need, to make a rich and varied environment for them to live, learn and grow in. ‘The school won’t let me get anything’ is not an acceptable alibi for barren and dreary classrooms.

—John Holt in ‘What Do I Do Monday’

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