"Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being "with it," yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation."

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Source : "Deschooling Society". Book by Ivan Illich, 1971.

Ivan Illich

#Meaningful Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Learning Quotes

“I care about money, very much. I want it. I don't ever want to be without it. My mother once said about me, 'Elaine has to have money.'”
“That should have been my strategy! By the time Iâ€™ve worked through the emotions of surprise, admiration, anger, jealousy, and frustration, Iâ€™m watching that reddish mane of hair disappear into the trees well out of shooting range.”
“How do you know when an apology is trueâ€”when it means something, or can change something, or will last outside the moment?”

Source : Beth Kephart (2007). “Undercover”, HarperTeen
“Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius.”
“Directing is like guitar playing. That's a unique mind-set and talent, unto itself. I like the idea of putting everything together to make a great movie.”
“New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.”
“I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio] Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say â€˜good morningâ€™ and â€˜good afternoon.'”
“For all kinds of reasons, it is more difficult to track women's lives. Women's words have simply been considered less important, so they have been preserved less often.”

Source : Source: www.neh.gov

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