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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.
Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.
Instead of a national curriculum for education, what is really needed is an individual curriculum for every child.
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice read more
Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.
Every schoolboy hath that famous testament of Grunnius Corocotta
Porcellus at his fingers' ends.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
Education is only a ladder to gather fruit from the tree of knowledge, not the fruit itself
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
