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"I think education is both using and improving knowledge and that changes the whole picture."
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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."

"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."
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"Education is the process in which we discover that learning adds quality to our lives. Learning must be experienced."


"If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve."


"I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge."


"It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice."


"The faster you go, the more students you leave behind. It doesn't matter how much or how fast you teach. The true measure is how much students have learned."


"We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to."


"To counter the avoidance of intellectual challenge and responsibility, we must reduce the domination of certainty in education."
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