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The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.
The aim of education is the knowledge not of fact, but of values.
College isn't the place to go for ideas. -Hellen Keller.
College isn't the place to go for ideas. -Hellen Keller.
Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.
Education is too important to be left solely to the educators.
Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
Brown versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on read more
For me, literature is a complex game, both mental and concrete, which is acted out in a physical manner on the page.rn
This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.
This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the
literature of power. The function of the first is--to read more
There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the
literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the
function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the
second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive
understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to
the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections
of pleasure and sympathy.
- Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!