Quotes About Education

learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off

There is a hideous invention called the Dewey Decimal System. And you have to look up your topic in books and newspapers. Pages upon pages upon pages…" Uncle Will frowned. "Didn't they teach you how to go about research in that school of yours?" "No. But I can recite 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' while making martinis." "I weep for the future." "There's where the martinis come in.

I know because I read. Might I suggest you try it?

I'd like to thank readers. Every time you open a book, it is a strike against ignorance. Unless you're reading Sarah Palin.

we're in English class, which for most of us is an excruciating exercise in staying awake through the great classics of literature. These works-- groundbreaking, incendiary, timeless-- have been pureed by the curriculum monsters into a digestible pabulum of themes and factoids we can spew back on a test. Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

The library card is a passport to wonders and miracles, glimpses into other lives, religions, experiences, the hopes and dreams and strivings of ALL human beings, and it is this passport that opens our eyes and hearts to the world beyond our front doors, that is one of our best hopes against tyranny, xenophobia, hopelessness, despair, anarchy, and ignorance.

Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.

Alliteration. It's when you repeat the same consonant in a phrase," Memphis explained. "Huh. I was hoping it was something dirty.

There are no girl books. There are no boy books. There are just books.

Didn't they teach you how to go about research in that school of yours?" "No. But I can recite 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' while making martinis." "I weep for the future." "There's where the martinis come in.

Os melhores alunos da minha escola vendem drogas para os melhores alunos da sua.

Wow, I miss Latin. So much fun - all those exciting verbs that don't come unit the end of the sentence. It's like a movie trailer for language.

Es que en ese colegio tuyo no te enseñaron a abordar una investigación? - No. Pero sé recitar el «Himno de batalla de la República» mientras hago martinis. - Lloro por el futuro.

There's only one way I can explain it: She had bequeathed me her love of words. She was a librarian.

relic from an old schoolhouse: a cast-iron base

Education continued to come under particularly strong fire...: If women learned how to manage in the world as well as men, if they learned about history and politics and studied for a profession, of course they would soon be demanding a voice and a role outside the home. The medical doctors soon discovered that education was dangerous to a female's health.

Children love figuring out what comes next in a sequence of events. Doing so makes them feel smart and less anxious.

If a doctor isn't 'up' on something, he's 'down' on it.

History is the art of giving meaning to the meaningless," said a brilliant German professor (who was later killed by the Nazis).

There is nothing the rabble fears more than intelligence. If they understood what is truly terrifying, they would fear ignorance.

Even in The Liberal Imagination, a book with a clear polemical purpose, ambivalence about the educative value of literature lurks in the background of many of the essays.

You were not created to be subservient; you are a joint heir. Women are God-answers. The addition of women's voices increases the educational opportunity for all children, stimulates the economy, and apparently decreases the risk of terrorism

So let's catch this son of a bitch, so I can return to my classes, and finish up my degree. Then I'll join law enforcement, neglect my own family, and the cycle will be complete.

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