It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher. -Anonymous teacher.

Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,

Impartially their talents scan,
Just education forms the man.
- John Gay,

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on read more

More mony is put into prisons than into schools. That, in itself, is the description of a nation bent on suicide. I mean, what is more precious to us than our own children? We are going to build alot more prisons if we do not deal with the schools and their inequalities. -Jonathan Kozol.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university read more

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.