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The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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A Christian goes to college to discover his vocation - and to develop skills necessary to occupy a section of cultural, intellectual domain in a manner worthy of the kingdom of God. A believer also goes to college to gain general information and habits of thought necessary for developing a well-structured soul suitable for a well-informed, good citizen of both earthly and heavenly kingdoms. ↗

— JP Morelands

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The child, unhampered, does not waste time. ↗

— Caroline Pratt

#education #progressive-education #school #education

worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing). ↗

— Mike Schmoker

#learning #read #reading #school #teaching

People are either scholars or learners, everyone else are mobs. ↗

— Imam Ali bin abi Taleb

#knowledge #education

Without action, a vision is just a piece of paper. In education, we have lots of paper. ↗

— William Sterrett

#leadership #paper #vision #education

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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With large industries throwing out the factory model as counterproductive, it is long past time for schools to do the same. I wonder how many adults would do well at dealing with different job requirements and a different boss every 47 minutes. ↗

— Susan Ohanian

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Creativity becomes more visible when adults try to be more attentive to the cognitive processes of children than to the results they achieve in various fields of doing and understanding. ↗

— Loris Malaguzzi

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Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want. ↗

— Jane Austen

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