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.

At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education.

At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education.

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

Try not to have a good time ... This is supposed to be educational.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last read more

We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyfull of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both read more

Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.

I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health read more

I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It's crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age.

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more

There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.