![There have been many measures taken to try to turn the educational system towards more control, more indoctrination, more vocational training, imposing a debt, which traps students and young people into a life of conformity... That's the exact opposite of [what] traditionally comes out of The Enlightenment. And there's a constant struggle between those. In the colleges, in the schools, do you train for passing tests, or do you train for creative inquiry?](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-have-been-many-measures-taken-to-try-to-turn-the-educational-system-towards.jpg)
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educational heart men
...the Magnificent Seven consisted of one swimmer of color, a representative from each extreme of the educational spectrum, a muscle man, a giant, a chameleon, and a one-legged psychopath. When I envision us walking seven abreast through the halls of Cutter High, decked out in the sacred blue and gold, my heart swells. Chris Crutcher
educational writing interesting
Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic" writing style combined with educational aims. Charles Portis
educational kids enjoy
I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system. Dean Koontz
educational thinking america
Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are dangerously delusional. Dean Kamen
educational world this-world
Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted. Eleanor Roosevelt
educational world economy
Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educational system. Ed Markey
educational ideas shadow
One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it. Elizabeth Bowen
educational intellectual paper
I see by the papers that you have once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation, the educational convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
educational fall ignorance
The primary, the most urgent requirement is the promotion of education. It is inconceivable that any nation should achieve prosperity and success unless this paramount, this fundamental concern is carried forward. The principal reason for the decline and fall of peoples is ignorance. Today the mass of the people are uninformed even as to ordinary affairs, how much less do they grasp the core of the important problems and complex needs of the time. Abdu'l Baha
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Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career. Jack Abramoff
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Mixtapes are always small scale to me - they never get taken seriously, and they're always short-lived. ASAP Ferg
taken dark would-be
Without calculation, economic activity is impossible. Since under Socialism economic calculation is impossible, under Socialism there can be no economic activity in our sense of the word All economic change, therefore, would involve operations the value of which could neither be predicted beforehand nor ascertained after they had taken place. Everything would be a leap in the dark. Socialism is the renunciation of rational economy. Ludwig von Mises
taken magic liberty
Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens.
taken men christ
No man can put on the robes of Christ’s righteousness till he has taken off his own. Charles Spurgeon
taken play interesting
It's taken me a long time to realize that my own life is far more interesting than any part I'll ever play. Diane Kruger
taken order things-in-life
Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? Dennis Prager
taken people demand
People confuse goodness with weakness. It is weak people, not good people (goodness demands strength), who are taken advantage of.
taken school media
The Left has taken over the universities and, increasingly, high schools and elementary schools. It dominates the news and entertainment media. And many judges and courts are leftist - meaning that their decisions are guided by leftism more than by the law or the Constitution.
struggle fate guilty
In resigning ourselves to our fate without a struggle, we are guilty of inhumanity. Albert Schweitzer
struggle political police
The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles for liberty.
struggle character blessing
He doesn't have demons. He's not Batman, he doesn't struggle with inner turmoil. The nature of this character is that he puts himself last and helps the common good. So he could easily slip into a world of boredom, The blessing and curse of Captain America is that he doesn't have that fancy an ability. He doesn't live in another world, or turn green. He doesn't have bells and whistles, he doesn't shoot missiles. He punches and kicks. Chris Evans
struggle heart air
One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart.
struggle church one-day
While I was raised around churches and had gotten to know a few preachers fairly well, the thought never entered my head that I would one day stand and deliver. Not only was I not interested, I lived with a major struggle: I stuttered. Charles R. Swindoll
struggle two tears
Love and violence-not to conquer one with the other but to live with both, that's what I've learned. Each pulling me a different way. If I relax my struggles they don't tear me in two, but lift me up. Denis Johnson
struggle thinking ivy
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle. Dee Dee Myers
struggle exercise
I don't exercise - that's something I struggle with. Debra Messing
struggle done flesh
When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh. Dietrich Bonhoeffer