#education

"College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?"

"Speciesism is morally objectionable because, like racism, sexism, and heterosexism, it links personhood with an irrelevant criterion. Those who reject speciesism are committed to rejecting racism, sexism, heterosexism, and other forms of discrimination as well."

"Best way to learn is by reflecting and emulating."

"Education is a system of imposed ignorance."

"We are in the process of disabling our most distinctive achievement - our educational system - in the name of making the country more like itself."

"He knew instinctively the cardinal function of a teacher – which is a stout lever to raw mass."

"I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place"

"...rather than assuming that education is primarily about preparing for jobs and careers, what would it mean to think of education as a process of guiding kids' participation in public life more generally, a public life that includes social, recreational, and civic engagement."

"One reads for oneself and for strangers."

"It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read."

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

"Tomorrow belongs to those who are sincerely learning and loving today."

"Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary."

"Learning is not cumpulsory... neither is survival."

"In education, technology can be a life-changer, a game changer, for kids who are both in school and out of school. Technology can bring textbooks to life. The Internet can connect students to their peers in other parts of the world. It can bridge the quality gaps."

"Thus, for those of us who make only a brief study of chemistry, the benefits to be expected are of an indirect nature. Increased capacity for enjoyment, a livelier interest in the world in which we live, a more intelligent attitude toward the great questions of the day--these are the by-products of a well-balanced education, including chemistry in its proper relation to other studies."

"Every child ought to know the light of knowledge."

"When asked "What do we need to learn this for?"any high-school teacher can confidently answer that, regardless of the subject, the knowledge will come in handy once the student hits middle age and starts working crossword puzzles in order to stave off the terrible loneliness."