Education is a better safeguard of liberty
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ~Edward Everett
“Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know – it means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.”
“Education does not mean teaching people to know what they do not know – it means teaching them to behave as they do not...
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. – Vernon Law
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement.
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a...
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. B. F. Skinner
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” — John Locke
Adolescents are not monsters.
“Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably...
Rainbows
“The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow won’t wait while you do the work.” -Erik Erikson
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth…
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an...