"Students are rewarded for memorization, not imagination or resourcefulness."

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Source : "We Need Schools... Not Factories" by Sugata Mitra, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

Sugata Mitra

#Imagination Quotes #Memorization Quotes #Students Quotes

“The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make war ridiculous.”

Source : Technical World Magazine, p. 145, October, 1912.
“When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs, because my possible future needs outweigh their actual present needs. I fail to love my neighbor as myself.”
“Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.”
“If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence. For even if the Word of God were proclaimed in the modern world, how could one hear it with so much noise? Therefore, create silence.”
“I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through."”
“Photography is my only language.”
“I try to penetrate the lane like Steve Nash, pass like Jason Kidd, and handle the ball like Allen Iverson. Remember, I said 'try to'.”

Source : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. November 3, 2005.
“It means the most when your team always supports you.”

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