Age Quote by Alfred Goodwin

Schoolchildren make up their own rules and enforce their own conformities. They feel safest when leisure time is rationed and dosed. They like to…

— Louise J. Kaplan

“Many parents as well as teachers refuse to place this responsibility upon children for fear of the mistakes that they will make. On account…

— Frank Morton McMurry

“Parents and other who complain often do so out of deep beliefs or convictions, and often in an effort to "protect" young people from…

— Joan Bertin

Parents are used to being made to feel guilty about...their contribution to the population problem, the school tax burden, and declining test scores. They…

— C. Sommerville

“Instead of revamping school policies to welcome every child, many school systems are bent on revamping the students to conform to their schools.”

— Alexandra Robbins

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.

— Herbert Spencer

“It is not possible to spend any prolonged period visiting public school classrooms without being appalled by the mutilation visible everywhere—mutilation of spontaneity, of…

— John Holt

Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children moremalleable and responsive to…

— Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

Let's reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools - and use it on the teachers.

— P. J. O'Rourke

What I fear from these reports is that the prevalent use of foul language has become an acceptable pattern in the schools, probably due…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

— Esperanza Spalding