The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa read more

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa E ducation is bitter but the fruit is sweet. -Lord Chesterfield.

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?

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.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic read more

It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.

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.

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from read more

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth which it prevents you from achieving.

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.