Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. The best way to predict your future is to create it. Anonymous “Įducation is not filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. John Dewey “Ī mind when stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions. Ward “Įducation is not preparation for life education is life itself. What he needs is education to turn him around.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. Abraham Lincoln “Įvery child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults. Joseph AddisonĮducation breeds confidence. What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. If you are planning for a year, sow rice if you are planning for a decade, plant trees if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. Ever Garrison “īefore any great things are accomplished, a memorable change must be made in the system of education…to raise the lower ranks of society nearer to the higher.
Gail Goldwin “Ī teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils. Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theatre. What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.