Correcting Quote by Quintilian

It is the teacher's job to point out mistakes so that an individual doesn't continue to hurt themselves or others.

— Frederick Lenz

Nothing grieves a child more than to study the wrong lesson and learn something he wasn't suppose to.

— Charles E. McKenzie

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

— James Anthony Froude

A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master,…

— Thomas Eakins

Repeating a grade needs to be the last resort, not an automatic response to a child who is struggling to learn.

— Roy Barnes

“One cannot always know what children are thinking. Children are hard to understand, especially when careful training has accustomed them to obedience, and experience…

— Catherine the Great

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

— Donald Rumsfeld

“It may be a bitter pill to swallow, but the majority of mistakes made by pupils are the result of the teaching.”

— Paul Harris

Don't blame the child for forgetting lessons; make the lessons unforgettable.

— Sonam Wangchuk

Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.

— Clarence Darrow

Everyone is perfectly willing to learn from unpleasant experience - if only the damage of the first lesson could be repaired.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“a grade can be regarded only as an inadequate report of an inaccurate judgment by a biased and variable judge of the extent to…

— Alfie Kohn