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is overrated. Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them.

Great men have all been formed either before academies or independent of them. Voltaire

1s 2urpose should be to develop intelligences and to help people reach vocational and avocational goals that are appropriate to their particular spectrum of intelligences.

Gardner defines an intelligence as 'biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture.'[44] According to Gardner, there are more ways to do this than just through logical and linguistic intelligence. Gardner believes that the purpose of schooling 'should be to develop intelligences and to help people reach vocational and avocational goals that are appropriate to their particular spectrum of intelligences. People who are helped to do so, [he] believe[s], feel more engaged and competent and therefore more inclined to serve society in a constructive way.'[a]

is a place where the learning we receive only tends to obscure our vision, to make us obtuse, and to wrap us in a fog of words and abstractions.

The learning we received only tended to obscure our vision. From the day we went to school we learned nothing... on the contrary, we were made obtuse, we were wrapped in a fog of words and abstractions. Henry Miller

is to often giving children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

is a process whereby first you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.

First you do not write what you think, then you do not say what you think, and finally you do not think what you think.

is the process of casting false pearls before real swine.

the process of casting false pearls before real swine.

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