The Bagel Factory: Stephanie Nielson's Testimony

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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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Friday, January 10, 2014

Stephanie Nielson's Testimony

I don't mean to be a lazy testimony borrower, but I agree so strongly with everything Stephanie says here that I don't see any point in trying to write it differently. Instead, I will just link to this wonderful, short, and strong statement of this woman's beliefs about life on this earth and where true happiness can be found. And in so linking, I proclaim my own testimony to be the same.

Stephanie Nielson: I will stay true

1 comment:

Laurie said...: I read it just a few minutes before I clicked on your blog. Yessiree.; January 10, 2014 at 1:10 PM