Around the world Quote by Douglas B. Reeves

The major weakness of all educational systems is that they neither teach nor encourage the habit of definite decision.

— Napoleon Hill

Our present educational systems are all paramilitary. Their aim is to produce servants or soldiers who obey without question and who accepts their training…

— John Fowles

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product…

— Harvey Cushing

Absent the net, we certainly couldn't have organized in 190 countries around the world. It's no substitution for face to face interaction - that's…

— Bill McKibben

I think educational systems have to be more nimble, have to be more adapted to today's realities where students can go in different directions…

— Roberto Azevedo

“...we have been content to drivel along with our current educational systems, most of which neglect all the essential things and leave their victims…

— Nicholas Murray

“Other countries whose educational systems achieve more than ours often do so in part by attempting less. While school children in Japan are learning…

— Thomas Sowell

“We stigmatize mistakes. And we're now running national educational systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make -- and the result is…

— Ken Robinson

“The prescribed mode of thinking that is generated by our educational systems is not conducive to the sort of thinking that new generations should…

— Nora Bateson

Our educational system is appallingly poor right now. Yet, somehow we're turning out some of the most intellectual and powerful sophisticated minds in the…

— Malcolm Wallop

If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Universities are reluctant to update their syllabus as per industry requirement, not because their students will have to take the trouble to learn new…

— Amit Kalantri