Capacity Quote by Seymour Papert

I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too little…

— Bertrand Russell

Every child is innocent and every child should be given a proper childhood which would result in having a fighting chance in life. Not…

— Danny Santagato

“Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.” Odrade explaining. “The young must be damped down. Never let them know how good they can be.…

— Frank Herbert

“In response to the intensifying cruelty of children to one another, schools all over this continent are rushing to design programs to inculcate social…

— Gabor Maté

Parents are used to being made to feel guilty about...their contribution to the population problem, the school tax burden, and declining test scores. They…

— C. Sommerville

I think there's so much negative influence on children in school settings. It becomes learning by rote to pass a test. It's not contextualized.

— Esperanza Spalding

The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of…

— Ernest Istook

When we grew up and went to school There were certain teachers who would Hurt the children any way they could By pouring their…

— Roger Waters

I have been criticized throughout the course of my career for placing too much faith in the reliability of children's narratives; but I have…

— Jonathan Kozol

Keeping our kids out of classrooms is damaging.

— Gavin Williamson

Kid's heads are filled with so many nonfacts that when they get out of school they're totally unprepared to do anything. They can't read,…

— Frank Zappa