#ducati

Morality in the general is well enough known by men, but the particular refinements of virtue are unknown by most persons; thus the majority of parents, without knowing it and without intending it, give very bad examples to their children. ↗

— Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot

#example #morality #parenting #young #education

Respect is not the equivalent to 'liking' a student or teacher; it is the ability to have a high regard for the role of another. In order to receive respect, we should demonstrate it first... ↗

— Tanya R. Liverman

#education-system #educational #education

Unexamined wallpaper is classroom practices and institutional policies that are so entrenched in school culture or a teacher's paradigm that their ability to affect student learning is never probed. ↗

— Richard Elmore

#education

Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#china #competitiveness #costs #education #factors

On a certain level, homeschooling is all about socialization. Whatever the teaching methods used in school or homeschool, it is ultimately the social environment itself that distinguishes homeschooling from conventional school. This social environment includes the nature and quantity of peer interaction; parental proximity; solitude; relationships with adults, siblings, older children, younger children, and the larger community; the ways in which the children are disciplined and by whom; and even the student-teacher ratio and the overall environment where the children spend their time. ↗

— Rachel Gathercole

#education #homeschool #parenting #education

He said, speaking more to himself than to me: 'It was knowledge I sought. Knowledge which is clean and pure, far above the cheating and deceiving in which most men spend their lives.' And do you not find it,' I asked, 'this knowledge which you prize?' In part,' he said. 'I find other things, too. Things I do not desire but must accept. There is still cheating and deceiving. ↗

— John Christopher

#education

People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care. ↗

— Tom Daschle

#break #care #cared #concerned #economy

All children are our responsibility and should always be safe. We must do what we can to help them stay safe, wel and educated. The future of humanity depands on it. Without children...earth will not have a future. ↗

— Timothy Pina

#inspirational #education

What have I got? No looks, no money, no education. Just talent. ↗

— Sammy Davis, Jr.

#got #i #just #looks #money

The philosophy of project-based homeschooling — this particular approach to helping children become strong thinkers, learners, and doers — is dependent upon the interest and the enthusiastic participation and leadership of the learners themselves, the children. ↗

— Lori McWilliam Pickert

#homeschool #homeschooling #learning #learning-process #project-based-homeschooling