#education

To make me believe that those men who have regulated education in our country have humanity in their hearts is to make me believe a lie. ↗

— Robert Purvis

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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and rightfully on the shelves of every cottage. They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them. Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and, more than kings or emperors, exert an influence on mankind. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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The (nation) state's concern had been the development of citizens - social subjects whose identity was shaped by the goals of the state - and the preparation of a labour force serving the needs of a national economy and administration. That state was interested in cohesion, integration and homogeneity - however imperfectly realized. The globally framed interests of current versions of the market are neither about citizenship - shared social values, aspirations, dispositions - nor about the preparation of a labour force..... ↗

— Gunther Kress

#education #media-studies #communication

To observe people in conflict is a necessary part of a child's education. It helps him to understand and accept his own occasional hostilities and to realize that differing opinions need not imply an absence of love. ↗

— Milton Sapirstein

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A child whose life is full of the threat and fear of punishment is locked into babyhood. There is no way for him to grow up, to learn to take responsibility for his life and acts. Most important of all, we should not assume that having to yield to the threat of our superior force is good for the child's character. It is never good for anyone's character. ↗

— John Holt

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A dynamic economy begins with a good education. ↗

— Bob Taft

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If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years. ↗

— Alfred Kazin

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Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

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To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. ↗

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

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True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character. ↗

— David O. McKay

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