Absurd Quote by Henry David Thoreau

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy - an endless procession of adolescents who have been taught…

— Henry Louis Mencken

American education is still the wonder of the world, and we must open the schoolhouse doors, not close them.

— Lincoln Chafee

I don’t think we’ll get rid of schools any time soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if we’re going to change what’s rapidly…

— John Taylor Gatto

One of the things that is very silly - and I hear from educators all the time - is that schools essentially teach kids…

— Ricardo Semler

Much of education can and should take place in schools and other formally designated community institutions. But the world beyond the schoolhouse is crucial…

— Howard Gardner

I dont think well get rid of schools any time soon, certainly not in my lifetime, but if were going to change whats rapidly…

— John Taylor Gatto

“Until you get the family unit back together, we have no hope and we’ll never dig ourselves out of this hole. No matter how…

— Adam Carolla

There's an assumption that schools are for students' learning. Well, why aren't they just as much for teachers' learning?

— Seymour Sarason

Our challenge is not to educate the children we used to have or want to have, but to educate the children who come to…

— H. G. Wells

Now, I have nothing against the public school system as it is presently organized, once you allow the humor of its basic assumption about…

— Shirley Jackson

As somebody who visits countless schools, I see firsthand the dire situation our educational system faces.

— Jarrett J. Krosoczka

“Yes, I know, because schools are cruel, illogical, and unfair. But the thing is, life is cruel, illogical, and unfair. That is why the…

— R. A. Spratt