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“Our great mistake in education is, as it seems to me, the worship of book-learning–the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind. The children in our elementary schools are wearied by the mechanical act of writing, and the interminable intricacies of spelling; they are oppressed by columns of dates, by lists of kings and places, which convey no definite idea to their minds, and have no near relation to their daily wants and occupations; while in our public schools the same unfortunate results are produced by the weary monotony of Latin and Greek grammar. We ought to follow exactly the opposite course with children–to give them a wholesome variety of mental food, and endeavor to cultivate their tastes, rather than to fill their minds with dry facts. The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. What does it matter if the pupil know a little more or a little less? A boy who leaves school knowing much, but hating his lessons, will soon have forgotten almost all he ever learned; while another who had acquired a thirst for knowledge, even if he had learned little, would soon teach himself more than the first ever knew.”
—John Lubbock
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Thursday, November 1, 2007
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9 comments:
I feel his pain and want the same thing!!
Dad said...
Hey! The past two years we've watched a huge office tower under construction across the street from us (Vista Hermosa Boulevard). It's finished and open for business, and we just noticed that one of the ground-floor businesses is The Bagel Factory! We'll have to stop in and try it. I thought maybe we should pick up some napkins, paper placemats, etc., from The Bagel Factory for you IN SPANISH, but then I thought: what? They live in San Diego -- everything in the world is probably in Spanish already! Oh well, buenas noches from the Ogden Guatemaltecos
I love when little kids say things like that- You wonder where they came up with it! Hey, my sister said she noticed that you commented on her friends page too- how do you know Lauren Andrews? She was my sisters roommate in the dorms. Her baby Maddie is so cute!
LIZ!!!! i miss your freakin guts! i am so glad that you found my page, so that we can keep in touch! your kids are getting so big and you look great! miss you guys and i am going to link to you also!
-chelz
Hi Liz! I'm so glad that you found our Blog. Looks like you are having lots of fun in Cali! Your boys are darling. Ok, I'm going to link you!
Kendra Mackintosh
good to hear from you! and so funny that everyone has these blogs--you can find almost anyone now!
go ahead and add us--i love your pictures!
What's worse is that healthy food is usually more expensive. Junk food is so much cheaper...the whole world is against healthy people!
ha ha! kids really do say the dardest things and seem to be smarter than we give them credit for! your guys are so cute! i hope all is going well in the beautiful cali! meanwhile we are freezing our booties off with 38 degrees tommarrow and 1 inch of snow! crazy!
Oh Daniell, I'm so sorry! I definitely don't miss the snow and frigid cold. It's cooled down here, but that means it's in the low 70's. I love it!
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