What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same
state or principle in which you are; read more

There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same
state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place;
he is you, and you are he; there is a teaching; and by no
unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the
benefit.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

Sometimes questions are more important than answers.

He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.

He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.

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.

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).

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.]

'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
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'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case, at least, where I have been;
They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong
They smile still more.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.

The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.