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One way of looking at the history of the human group is that it has been a continuing struggle against the veneration of "crap."

“One way of looking at the history of the human group is that it has been a continuing struggle against the veneration of ‘crap.’” — Neil Postman, Teaching As a Subversive Activity

Author YahooeyPosted on November 15, 2018October 30, 2018Categories QuotationsTags education, history, Neil Postman, Teaching As a Subversive Activity, venerationLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Education is a good thing generally, but most folks educate their prejudices.

“Edukashun iz a good thing generally, but most pholks eddukate their prejudices.” — Josh Billings, Everybody’s Friend

Author YahooeyPosted on June 21, 2017June 12, 2017Categories QuotationsTags education, Everybody's Friend, Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit, Josh Billings, prejudicesLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

“The educated don’t get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.” — Tom Heehler, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus

Author YahooeyPosted on April 14, 2017April 10, 2017Categories QuotationsTags education, facts, memorization, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus, Tom HeehlerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Common Sense and Education: The more you think you have of one, the less you think you need of the other.

“Common Sense and Education: The more you think you have of one, the less you think you need of the other.” — Tom Heehler, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus

Author YahooeyPosted on February 20, 2017February 7, 2017Categories QuotationsTags common sense, education, false dichotomy, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus, Tom HeehlerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.

“Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.” — Claus Moser, The Daily Telegraph (1990-08-21)

Author YahooeyPosted on July 29, 2016July 26, 2016Categories QuotationsTags Claus Moser, cost, education, ignorance, MoneyLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” — Abigail Adams, Letter from Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams (1780-05-08)

Author YahooeyPosted on December 27, 2015December 22, 2019Categories QuotationsTags Abigail Adams, diligence, education, learning1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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The paradox is that at the same time we've developed machines that behave more and more like humans, we've developed educational systems that push children to think like computers and behave like robots.

“The paradox is that at the same time we’ve developed machines that behave more and more like humans, we’ve developed educational systems that push children to think like computers and behave like robots.” — Joi Ito, Beyond “The Uncanny Valley”

Author YahooeyPosted on March 21, 2015February 14, 2015Categories QuotationsTags Beyond "The Uncanny Valley", education, Joi Ito, machines, robotsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” — Ken Robinson, How to escape education’s death valley

Author YahooeyPosted on March 4, 2015January 28, 2015Categories QuotationsTags achievement, curiosity, education, Ken Robinson, TED, TED Talks EducationLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976

Author YahooeyPosted on March 2, 2015January 26, 2015Categories QuotationsTags education, Peter Drucker2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.

“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” — Ken Robinson, Do schools kill creativity?

Author YahooeyPosted on March 4, 2013October 6, 2018Categories QuotationsTags Creativity, education, educationalist, fear of failure, Ken Robinson, original, schools, Schools kill creativity, Sir Kenneth Robinson, TED, TED 2006, wrongLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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