School Quotes - Page 10

One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and it’s incredibly restrictive - very, very restrictive. There’s so many types of intelligence, and people who would be at their best outside of that structure get lost.

Education is for freedom - freedom from mental slavery.

If we spark a student's passion, we unleash a powerful force upon the world.

The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

Watu wenye ujuzi au vipaji wanatakiwa kwenda shule kusomea ujuzi au vipaji vyao – kwa miezi mitatu au sita angalau.

Mandy would much rather have imaginary friends who were real than real friends who were imaginary.

Mes baigėme mokyklą, pasižadėjome draugauti visą gyvenimą ir nuėjome skirtingais keliais

It struck her how sad it was that all of them had grown up on top of one another like small animals in a too-small cage, and now would simply scatter. And that would be the end of that. Everything that had happened would be sucked away into memory and vapour, as though it hadn't even happened at all.

Kids who are good at traditional school - repeating rote concepts and facts on a test - can fall apart in a situation where that isn’t enough. Programming rewards the experimental, curious mind.

A failing grade does not denounce a child to fail in life. An IQ is what I would call an 'inadequate question', it may state our brain capacity or tell us how smart we are, but it does not predict our future. Happy Character Traits and positive Reinforcements will help a child succeed better than a number that means nothing

Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.

At it's highest level, the purpose of teaching is not to teach - it is to inspire the desire for learning. Once a student's mind is set on fire, it will find a way to provide its own fuel.

Many of our elected officials have virtually handed the keys to our schools over to corporate interests. Presidential commissions on education are commonly chaired by the executives of large companies.

For a lack of education, a child's future may hold no fortune.

The child, unhampered, does not waste time.

That was the September I cut school six times in my first two weeks. I just couldn't do school anymore. Something inside wouldn't let me.

A diploma is a piece of paper that is used to acquire another piece of paper: an employment contract.

Education delivered by a strict councellor, and recieved with great pains would never brighten the future of any student.

What are the purposes of examinations anyhow? Are they to increase our educational attainment? Or are they instruments used to bring suffering and humiliation and deep hurt to a person who is trying so hard to succeed?

Schools kill time and creativity. Find ways to workaround these limitations