DAVID WEES

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Quotations

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialised abilities for thinking about a variety of things

Lev Vygotsky

The regular course was Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with; and then the different branches of Arithmetic - Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.

Lewis Carroll

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

Roger Lewin

If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to be good or bad in other things.

Howard Gardner

Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.

Jean Piaget

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

C.S. Lewis

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

John Dewey

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

Mark Twain