It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has read more

It is really important that we promote competitive support in schools. It is very important that we recognise that has to be underpinned by good quality physical education and by getting people into patterns of exercise.

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.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

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 preparation for life; education is life itself.

Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. read more

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that read more

Of course everybody likes and respects self-made men. It is a
great deal better to be made in that way than not to be made at
all.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.

My education was interrupted only by my schooling

My education was interrupted only by my schooling