#ducati

Intelligence is the capacity to perceive the essential, the what is; and to awaken this capacity, in oneself and in others, is education. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#education

There is something deeply hypocritical in a society that holds an inner-city child only eight years old "accountable" for her performance on a high-stakes standardized exam but does not hold the high officials of our government accountable for robbing her of what they gave their own kids six or seven years before. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#education #government #poverty #standardized-tests #education

How have I never noticed she only required praise to find me acceptable? wondered Sophronia, not quite realizing that this, too, was a mark of her new education. Many was the lady whose belief in another's sound judgment was based solely upon that other judging her favorably. ↗

— Gail Carriger

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

— George Bernard Shaw

#knowledge #youth #education

I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects of our society and our educational system, un-available to us without such drugs. ↗

— Lester Grinspoon

#education #marijuana #education

I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#education #education

People think of education as something they can finish. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for. ↗

— Eric Greitens

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Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#homeschool #education

My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company." "You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners (...) ↗

— Jane Austen

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