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.

College isn't the place to go for ideas. -Hellen Keller.

College isn't the place to go for ideas. -Hellen Keller.

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.

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.

It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math read more

How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.

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.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.

The most important outcome of education is to help students become independent of formal education.