Downward spiral Quote by Randy Pausch

The great failure in education, much of the time, is the lack of excitement and stimulus

— Bill Bryson

I think we've tied acquiring knowledge too much to school

— Arno Allan Penzias

Every single major push in education has made it worse and right now it's really bad because everything we've done is de-humanizing education. It's…

— William Glasser

What usually happens in the educational process is that the faculties are dulled, overloaded, stuffed and paralyzed so that by the time most people…

— R. Buckminster Fuller

I am afraid that we are beginning to be over-educated; at least everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching -that is…

— Oscar Wilde

Education is a slow moving but powerful force

— J. William Fulbright

Our educational system now teaches every kid the same thing. It's like rubber stamping!

— Nick Nolte

There's only so much academic disruption that a young child can deal with before he just can't catch up.

— Irwin Redlener

Learning is not a product of teaching . kids are born learning. They learn how to walk, how to talk. They're basically little scientists.…

— Grace Llewellyn

We have become unable to think of better education except in terms of more complex schools and of teachers trained for ever longer periods.

— Ivan Illich

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because…

— William Torrey Harris

“The whole system was based upon getting kids to a certain standard and packing their minds with information so they could go on to…

— Bill Bryson