![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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Don't let failure deter you; use it as a stepping-stone and an educational experience towards making your mark on the world. Ben Parr
educational holiday world
Just remember the world is not a playground but a schoolroom. Life is not a holiday but an education. One eternal lesson for us all: to teach us how better we should love. Barbara Jordan
educational keys political
Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment.
educational individual-differences play
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. Jane Goodall
educational names humanity
To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to the welfare of humanity. Calvin Coolidge
educational passion loyal-customers
Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters...You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now. Blake Mycoskie
educational games enthusiasm
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing. Billie Jean King
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 kids enjoy
I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system. Dean Koontz
taken men decision
Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess. Brandon Sanderson
taken body figures
Recently I have taken to isolating limbs, the torso. Why am I blamed for it? Why is the head allowed and not portions of the body? Every part of the human figure is expressive. Auguste Rodin
taken writing thinking
I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers. Augusten Burroughs
taken technology reality
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taken evil long
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taken thinking air
I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air. Audie Murphy
taken justice decision
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom. Benjamin Cardozo
taken shows gamble
I've taken considerable gambles on shows, but they're very considered gambles. Cameron Mackintosh
taken mind belief
They have chosen cunning instead of belief. Their prison is only in their minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out. C. S. Lewis
struggled
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struggle important trying
Problems will always torment us because all important problems are insoluble: that is why they are important. The good comes from the continuing struggle to try and solve them, not from the vain hope of their solution. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
struggle writing piano
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struggle thinking things-in-life
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struggle ideas goes-on
The seed of the idea is developed by both labor and the unconscious, and the struggle that goes on between them. Carson McCullers
struggle morality process
The struggle for morality never stays won. It's always in process. Alan Dershowitz
struggle light law
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