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Letter "E" » Education
«Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.»
Author: Chinese Proverbs
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About:
Education,
Learning,
Life,
Teachers and teaching,
Understanding
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Keywords:
forget,
involve,
remember,
show,
Show Me,
Tell,
Tell Me,
understand
«She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.»
«Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students to be human beings»
«Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance»
Author: Will Durant
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Historian,
Writer)
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About:
Education
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Keywords:
ago,
discovery,
Discovery of,
ignorance,
knew,
know nothing,
of our own,
our own,
progressive,
Progressives,
sixty,
The Progressive
«Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework»
Author: Bill Cosby
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Actor,
Comedian,
Producer)
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About:
Children,
Comedy,
Education,
Funny,
Sex
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Keywords:
be given,
good idea,
homework,
kids,
schools,
Sex education
«Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves--and be free.»
«Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.»
«There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.»
«Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our classrooms. They will spend many hours in front of boxes with fires glowing within. May they have the wisdom to know the difference between light and knowledge.»
«The poor girl does not know how to have a conversation. Unfortunately, she does know how to speak.»