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> [“More important, while these students were in school, I was learning from life. And so I have something to offer that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yeonmi-park/more-important-while-these-students-were-in-school-i-was-learning/)

[Yeonmi Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yeonmi-park/)

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> [The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donalyn-miller/the-purpose-of-schools-should-not-be-to-prepare-students-for-more/)

[Donalyn Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donalyn-miller/)

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> [Students in school cheat not to get the 'A,' but to avoid the 'C.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-duhigg/students-in-school-cheat-not-to-get-the-a-but-to-avoid-the-c/)

[Charles Duhigg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-duhigg/)

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> [On 420 best beleive the students at school come to class higher than their grades](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/korban-mitchell/on-420-best-beleive-the-students-at-school-come-to-class-higher-than/)

[Korban Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/korban-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf5/korban-mitchell-66734_education_on-420-best-beleive-the-students-at-scho_907833.jpg)

> [For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to ‘sell’ the learning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-jensen/for-many-students-school-is-an-obligation-not-a-joy-and-a-privilege/)

[Eric Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-jensen/)

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> [For some students, school is the only place where they get a hot meal and a warm hug. Teachers are sometimes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denise-juneau/for-some-students-school-is-the-only-place-where-they-get-a-hot-meal/)

[Denise Juneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denise-juneau/)

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> [What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/what-is-the-matter-with-universities-is-that-the-students-are-school/)

[George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/)

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> [“You can be one of the smartest students in this school if you actually listened to what was being said and stopped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-berketa/you-can-be-one-of-the-smartest-students-in-this-school-if-you/)

[Travis Berketa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-berketa/)

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> [I think there's too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote that you don't really care about. So what happens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-canfield/i-think-there-s-too-much-emphasis-placed-on-learning-things-by-rote/)

[Jack Canfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-canfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/jack-canfield-796_care_i-think-there-s-too-much-emphasis-placed_856872.jpg)

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