There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation read more

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more

The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

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

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.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

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.