"The role of the schoolmaster is to collect little plastic lumps of human dough from private households and shape them on the social kneading board."

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Source : Edward Alsworth Ross (2009). “Social Control: A Survey of the Foundations of Order”, p.168, Transaction Publishers

Edward Alsworth Ross

#School Quotes #Boards Quotes #Roles Quotes

“I would hate to meet myself at 15.”
“And all the loveliest things there be come simply, so it seems to me.”
“Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.”
“It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a housewife in a good marriage.”
“Marriage changes things because there's a lot more at stake. You can't get too toxic because you have to live together. No one can reach for the nuclear button too quickly.”
“Knowledge counts but common sense matters.”

Source : LouAnne Johnson (1995). “Dangerous Minds”, p.103, Macmillan
“What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it?”
“It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.”

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