Educational System – Page 2

That we have great

That we have great men in our time and recent times is not because of our educational system, but rather in spite of it. They are the ones the teachers couldn’t spoil. Dagobert D. Runes

You see it even in our educational systems, where the market model becomes central. It’s a matter of just gaining a skill or gaining access to a job to live in some vanilla suburb, as opposed to becoming a critical citizen concerned with public interest and common good. Cornel West

We can’t live true

We can’t live true to our set of values unless American educational system is strong. I really believe that if we don’t get that right we will not compete because we won’t believe that our people can compete, and we’ll turn inward. We won’t lead. That will be bad for the world. Condoleezza Rice

I think the problem

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system. Chuck Close

The walls of the

The walls of the educational system must come down. Education should not be a privilege, so the children of those who have money can study. Che Guevara

For those who believe

For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stonewritten. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own … Read more

Truth must be dug

Truth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories and dramatizations that will permeate our educational system. Carter G. Woodson

I think my deepest

I think my deepest criticism of the educational system . . . is that it’s all based upon a distrust of the student. Don’t trust him to follow his own leads; guide him; tell him what to do; tell him what he should think; tell him what he should learn. Consequently at the very age … Read more

So I believe in

So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would start by insisting that group singing become a central part of the daily routine. I believe it builds character and, more than anything else, encourages a taste for co-operation with others. This seems … Read more

What’s the difference between

What’s the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system. Bertrand Russell