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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need read more
It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For
that he does not really need a college. He can learn them from
books. The value of an education is a liberal arts college is
not learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think
something that cannot be learned from textbooks.
Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training read more
Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.
By education most have been misled.
By education most have been misled.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.
The world is run by C students.
The world is run by C students.
Education is the ability to meet life's situations.
Education is the ability to meet life's situations.
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.
The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.
