#assessment

Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#assessment #criterion #insist #instead #largely

There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand that the current ruling elite is actually the old ruling elite. So they are incapable of a self-critical approach to the past. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#approach #assessment #critical #current #elite

While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#assumptions #biases #criticize #judge #judging

Assessment in this spirit does not concern assignment of grades or evaluation of whether instruction was effective. It's assessment designed squarely to feed into the learning process and make the learning stronger. ↗

— David N. Perkins

#learning #design

And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case, of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full. I've traveled each and every highway; And more, much more than this, I did it my way. ↗

— Jacques Revaux

#self-assessment #self-determination #song-lyrics #translated-paul-anka #life

His character is like an emerald—multifaceted and enhanced by inclusions. ↗

— Melika Dannese Lux

#character-assessment #corcitura #emerald #leonora-bianchetti #stefan-belododia

Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are. ↗

— Rosamund Lupton

#mental-health #self-assessment #self-esteem #mental-health