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Quote of the Day 7-26-2011
« on: July 26, 2011, 11:10:25 PM »
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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Re: Quote of the Day 7-26-2011
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 05:51:26 AM »
That's a really great quote!

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Re: Quote of the Day 7-26-2011
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 06:10:20 AM »
Rings true, doesn't it? With the way education is these days, just teaching to the test, little about how to do things.
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Re: Quote of the Day 7-26-2011
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2011, 04:55:45 PM »
Rings true, doesn't it? With the way education is these days, just teaching to the test, little about how to do things.

Rings exactly true.  Teaching to the test... Fah!