Quotes About Learning

Using Game Design and Systems Thinking Everything I do in school connects to my life outside of school through a game design and systems perspective.

one of the main purposes of our assesment is to find evidence of the children using these ideas to make decisions about their writing work each day, catching them in the act [of writing].

Finding a good mentor is harder than getting a normal distribution.

Perhaps the real point of life is simply to wear us down until we have no choice but to start abandoning our defenses. We learn that the way things are is simply the way they are meant to be right now, and then, suddenly, at long last, we catch a glimpse of the abundance in the moment--abundance even in the face of things falling apart.

All this time, and you're…still such idiots.

People always ask me, 'What is it that you regret?' And I say, 'nothing, because I could not buy what I've learned.' And I apply those things to my life I learn. And hopefully, hopefully it helps me to be a better human in the future and make better choices.

Det är bara när vi inte lär oss något som man kan säga att ett misslyckande faktiskt är ett misslyckande.

Here's what Mike knew about kids: They did stupid stuff. Pretty much all of them.

It took me a long time to learn that mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.

I've read two books a week for 30 years....I'm satisfied I know everything.

mistakes aren't good or bad, they're just mistakes, and you clean them up and go on.

Imagine – hundreds of years of constant learning. It's truly amazing.

That's the key. The quests are things you need to do for others so that you can learn.

He pointed the scepter around the library and had an instant input of all of the books that were there into his brain, as if he had read them all at once.

You won't know the meaning of success without knowing how it feels to fail.

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.

The final discovery is the discovery of knowledge.

The relationship between teacher and student is based on illusion. The teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What's important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we're doing is playing at education.

that the decline in reading among children was largely the fault of their parents. Parents these days don't read books, themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren't readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children. That's why they cling to the recommendations from the Ministry of Education. Those books are all insufferably boring and, as a result, the kids learn to hate books. It's a vicious cycle with no end in sight.

Curiosity is the fuel that powers the engine of human advancement

It excited my curiosity. And I believe there is no greater sin than to leave one's curiosity unsatisfied. Curiosity is a fuel that powers the engine of human advancement.

Parents these days don't read books themselves, but they feel they should make their children read. Since they aren't readers, however, they have no idea what to give their children.

It's okay if you don't like science," he said, "but that doesn't mean you can just ignore things you don't understand. It'll come back to haunt you.

teacher is under the illusion that he is teaching something, and the student is under the illusion that he is being taught. What's important is that this shared illusion makes both teacher and student happy. Nothing good is gained by facing the truth, after all. All we're doing is playing at education.