"We imagine a school in which students and teachers excitedly and joyfully stretch themselves to their limits in pursuit of projects built on their vision...not one that succeeds in making apathetic students satisfying minimal standards."

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Source : "Vision for Education: The Caperton-Papert Platform" by Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, www.papert.org. August 1999.

Seymour Papert

#Teacher Quotes #School Quotes #Vision Quotes

“Maybe the best we can hope for is that those we leave behind find comfort in knowing, that weâ€™re born out of love, and not science. That biology explains the how, but love explains the why”
“There was one thing I was never going to do--no way: preach at a crusade!”
“O Solitude! If I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap of murky buildings”
“When I was on 'Complete Savages,' the cast sometimes found themselves running from a mob of girls. There is nothing quite like that.”

Source : Interview with Audrey Fine, www.seventeen.com. June 11, 2008.
“People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.”
“Prayer is the passport to peace.”
“Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.”
“Without my Savior, I am nothing.”

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