In some sense our aim ought to be to convert the school from an academic institution into an intellectual one. That shift… — Elliot W. Eisner Copy Share Image
“One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Nothing enrages me more than when people criticize my criticism of school by telling me that schools are not just places to… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
“A person who says “every person has a right to a decent education” may not actually mean “people should be robbed to… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
From now on, we're home schooling you. Whatever we don't know, you don't know. When did the Korean War start? I don't… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for the poor kids whose parents feel they're qualified to teach them at home. Of course, some parents are… — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds. — Plato Copy Share Image
I went to school, but they didn't give you too much schooling because just as soon as you was big enough, you… — Muddy Waters Copy Share Image
“There was nothing to be done with him and his kind - unless you were prepared to shoot them.” — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
“The first bombardment showed us our mistake, and under it the world as they had taught it to us broke in pieces.” — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Performing arts was something I was always part of. That was may be the only common thread that ran throughout my education,… — Nimrat Kaur Copy Share Image
My parents were concerned that I would not get good schooling, so they put me up in my uncle's house in Dharwad,… — Nandan Nilekani Copy Share Image
“We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess that's… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
The Victorians were great engineers. They engineered a [schooling] system that was so robust that it's still with us today, continuously producing… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My schooling did me a great deal of harm and no good whatever; it was simply dragging a child's soul through the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If you're looking for an adventure, an intellectual challenge, and a close-knit community of professionals, consider land surveying! It's not for everyone,… — Mark Mason Copy Share Image
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image