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Tags: Bill Frist Quotes, Children Quotes, Education Quotes, Human Rights Quotes
What we want to see is the child in pursuit of the knowledge not the knowledge in pursuit of the child.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
What matters most in a child’s development, they say, is not how much information we can stuff into her brain in the first few years. What matters, instead, is whether we are able to help her develop a very different set of qualities, a list that includes persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence.
We spend 8 hours a day, for 10 months a year, for nearly 17 years sending our kids to school to prepare them for life. In all of that time there is never a course in overcoming adversity, goal setting, sacrifice, perseverance, teammates, or family. I guess that’s what wrestling is for.
Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
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