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Samar
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It is astonishing that so many people do not recognize the extent to which hypocrisy and drivel poison the whole atmosphere of school. And where will you find more concentrated hypocrisy and drivel than on the walls of classrooms, and in the halls, and on the facades of school buildings?
— Aug 24, 2013 12:53AM
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Samar
is on page 139 of 219
One of the common sources of difficulty with teachers can be found in the fact that most of them simply move from one side of the desk (as students) to the other side (as “teachers”) and they have not had much contact with the way things are outside of school rooms.
— Aug 24, 2013 12:46AM

Samar
is on page 137 of 219
Declare a five-year moratorium on the use of all textbooks. Since with two or three exceptions all texts are not only boring but based on the assumption that knowledge exists prior to, independent of, and altogether outside of the learner, they are either worthless or harmful.
— Aug 24, 2013 12:33AM