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It is warping the true nature of education. The wearisome mechanical labor of cramming breeds a positive distaste in youth for the search for knowledge. - Anon
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. - Nietzche
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. - Aristotle
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which … Continue reading
The easiest way to raise one’s grades is to lower one’s standards. - Anon
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, / But Genius must be born; and can never be taught. - John Congreve
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. - Oscar Wilde