We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. read more

We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

Too often students are given answers to remember, rather than problems to solve

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

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.

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still read more

A wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

The secret of education is respecting the pupil.

The secret of education is respecting the pupil.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

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.