Educational Quotes

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This may be said for the last quarter of the twentieth century: the truism that if we want a better world we will have to… — Tom Robbins
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when… — Tom Robbins
The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development. — Lev S. Vygotsky
Psychology teaches us at every step that though two types of activity can have the same external manifestation, whether in origin or essence, their nature… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into another,… — Lev S. Vygotsky
Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of… — Lev S. Vygotsky
After your first job, is anyone asking you what your GPA was? No, they don't care. They ask you: Are you a good leader? Do… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Like snowflakes, the human pattern is never cast twice. — Alice Childress
Persons grouped around a fire or candle for warmth or light are less able to pursue independent thoughts, or even tasks, than people supplied with… — Marshall McLuhan
Alone we are smart. Together we are brilliant. — Steven Anderson
There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I am convinced that there are genuine and valid levels of perception available with cannabis (and probably with other drugs) which are, through the defects… — Lester Grinspoon
The end of all knowledge must be the building up of character. — Cesar Chavez
Years of misguided teaching have resulted in the destruction of the best in our society, in our cultures and in the environment. — Cesar Chavez
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life. — Cesar Chavez
Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;… — Bertrand Russell
Young people are thoughtless as a rule. — Homer
Whenever people talk glibly of a need to achieve educational "excellence," I think of what an improvement it would be if our public schools could… — Thomas Sowell
Far from failing in its intended task, our educational system is in fact succeeding magnificently, because its aim is to keep the American people thoughtless… — Richard Mitchell
Whatever the explanation, it's perfectly obvious that our educational system has nothing to do with education: it's a babysitting service designed to replicate the worst… — Stephen R. Donaldson

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