Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. By Edmund Burke Quick View Author All Quotes, Edmund Burke Tag: #doomed, #history, #learning, #school
I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children in modern society] is compulsory schooling…and that children are sitting there, and they are taught and told what to believe; they are passive from the very beginning – and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ […] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it’s a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they’re told? By Marilyn Vos Savant Quick View Author All Quotes, Marilyn Vos Savant Tag: #authority, #brilliant-women, #conformity, #creativity, #genius, #individuality, #inspirational, #intelligence, #life, #life-lessons, #obedience, #school, #school-reform, #school-system, #think-for-yourself