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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 transmission of civilization.
Education is the transmission of civilization.
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every read more
Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they do not know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it. -Sir William Haley.
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.
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of read more
Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?
