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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.
If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert F. Goheen.
If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert F. Goheen.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., read more
What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to
teach and instruct our youth?
[Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve
possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]
Education: A debt due from present to future generations.
Education: A debt due from present to future generations.
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.
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.
