Dark Quote by William Torrey Harris

“The purpose of school is for children to learn, not for them to feel good about themselves all the time.”

— Jean M. Twenge

Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare…

— Jacques Barzun

“If we wish for our country to have an exponentially brighter future, one of the things we need to change is the popular perception…

— Joshua Neik

“Schools were built to create an efficient transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next, and that purpose is no longer valid. School…

— Grant Lichtman

The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose.

— Miroslav Vitous

School is a foretaste of life.

— Georg Brandes

“In a universe where all life is in movement, where ever fact seen in perspective is totally engaging, we impose stillness on lively young…

— Marjorie Spock

The purpose of education...is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions.

— James A. Baldwin

“A primary purpose of school - and this is true for our culture's science and religion as well - is to lead us away…

— Derrick Jensen

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared…

— Susan Cain

Each human being is a citizen of the world. We have many identities, of which one of the identities is our human identity. And…

— Amartya Sen

The fact that schools can actually be a major factor in cementing the world is a factor that's worth considering, the fact that we…

— Amartya Sen