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Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society envisioned by the founders, schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats. ↗

— Ron Paul

#politics #education

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building. ↗

— Charles M. Schulz

#humor #education

Progress just means bad things happen faster. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#humor #life #philosphy #truth #education

My favourite definition of an intellectual: 'Someone who has been educated beyond his/her intelligence. [Sources and Acknowledgements: Chapter 19] ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#intellectuals #intelligence #education

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life. ↗

— Confucius

#enduring-good #generosity #life #wise-advice #work

Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#high-school #self-education #education

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered. ↗

— Jean Piaget

#school #schooling #schools #education

Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world. ↗

— Paulo Freire

#education

Education, n. That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#education

Education is the movement from darkness to light. ↗

— Allan Bloom

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