“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
Tag: education
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“Edukashun iz a good thing generally, but most pholks eddukate their prejudices.” — Josh Billings, Everybody’s Friend
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“The educated don’t get that way by memorizing facts; they get that way by respecting them.” — Tom Heehler, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
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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.” — Tom Heehler, The Well-Spoken Thesaurus
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“Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.” — Claus Moser, The Daily Telegraph (1990-08-21)
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“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)
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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.” — Joi Ito, Beyond “The Uncanny Valley”
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“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976
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“If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” — Ken Robinson, Do schools kill creativity?
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