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Teaching Quotes by Mortimer Adler
- The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.
- The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing like one more students.
- Teachers may think they are stuffing minds, but all they are ever affecting is the memory. Nothing can ever be forced into anyone's mind except…
- ... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as…
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