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Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
Nine tenths of education is encouragement.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose read more
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. -Anatole France.
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?]
There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy read more
There are only two tools available to the educator. The easy one is fear. Fear is easy to awake, easy to maintain, but ultimately toxic. Other tool is passion.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the read more
My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log
and a student on the other.
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school read more
Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave school every boy and girl should know how much they don't know, and be imbued with a lifelong desire to know it.
If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would read more
If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education.
