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Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience. Sir Walter Scott We shall never learn to read more
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience. Sir Walter Scott We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart. -Unknown.
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war read more
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.
Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be read more
Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action
