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Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
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.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
An educated people can be easily governed.
An educated people can be easily governed.
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.
The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.