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Alfie Kohn

"In a word, learning is decontextualized. We break ideas down into tiny pieces that bear no relation to the whole. We give students a brick of information, followed by another brick, followed by another brick, until they are graduated, at which point we assume they have a house. What they have is a pile of bricks, and they don't have it for long."

Source : Alfie Kohn (1999). “Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes”, p.232, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Alfie Kohn

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“Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.”
“I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, and the right to make that of another miserable by thrusting upon him an incalculable quantity of acquaintances; liberty, particularly the liberty to introduce persons to one another without first ascertaining if they are not already acquainted as enemies; and the pursuit of another's happiness with a running pack of strangers.”

Source : Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights
“There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated”
“Our charity is to be cordial...something that renews, invigorates and warms. Such should be the effect of our love for each other.”
“Kids are a lesson every day, and being married is a lesson every day, but I think having a boutique and running it with my husband and having our careers and raising children was something that was really an eye-opener all the time.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“One of the most wonderful things about knowing God is that thereâ€™s always so much more to know, so much more to discover. Just when we least expect it, He intrudes into our neat and tidy notions about who He is and how He works.”
“One of the sayings of Diogenes was that most men were within a finger's breadth of being mad; for if a man walked with his middle finger pointing out, folks would think him mad, but not so if it were his forefinger.”

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