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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.
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.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you read more
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people
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.
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money in that order; it is a process, a never ending one
I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.
I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. -Alec Bourne.
