Education Coup

coup [koo] noun: a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move. --Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Friday, December 01, 2006

Quote of the Week

If you want to build a boat, do not drum up people to collect wood
or assign them tasks or work, but rather teach them to long
for the endless immensity of the sea.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is perhaps one of my most favorite quotes of all time.

1:49 PM  
Blogger stephen said...

Think of the implications for the way we educate. Our current system does nothing but bark orders and put hoops up for people to jump through, while doing its best to beat any "longing" out of them.

7:43 AM  

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