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 My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became read more 
 My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club). 
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become read more
Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.
 What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
 Your Latin names for horns and stools;
  If honest nature read more 
 What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
 Your Latin names for horns and stools;
  If honest nature made you fools. 
A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what read more
A high-school teacher, afer all, is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of world they are living in, and to defend, if possible, the part their elders are playing in it.
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are read more
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
 But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall read more 
 But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls 
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes 
of the sea shall declare unto thee. 
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn read more 
 You teach me baseball and I'll teach you relativity. . . . No we 
must not. You will learn about relativity faster than I learn 
baseball. 
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]  
 Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
 [Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]