José Baroja: Quotes about education

José Baroja is Chilean author and editor. Explore interesting quotes on education.
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“Without underestimating the virtues of technical, specialized and necessary education, we cannot accept an education that eliminates the other dimension of human knowledge, that which motivates us to be more cultured, more human, deeper, more emotional.”

José Baroja

Source: Perú Informa. Interview. https://www.peruinforma.com/entrevista-cultural-al-escritor-chileno-jose-baroja/

Motivation , Education , Knowledge

“Current school education in the United States is so bad that the only thing they got in 2025 was a bad Trump.”

José Baroja

Source: Radiorama de Occidente. 1480 AM Rock&Pop.

School , Education
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“Bad education aren't just a problem for those at the bottom or in the middle; they're also a problem for those at the top, who are certain of their untouchability.”

José Baroja

Source: https://www.peruinforma.com/que-paso-en-chile-por-jose-baroja/

Problem , Education
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“When politicians take over public transportation, public health, public education—that is, live like ordinary people and not like rich people—everything will be better.”

José Baroja

Source: "La Otra Historia". RockandPop 1480AM. Guadalajara, Mexico.

People , Health , Education
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“The tragedy is that education is losing its meaning.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Education
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“School no longer improves itself: it optimizes. It no longer educates: it manages learning. It no longer forms people: it produces measurable results.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

People , Learning , Education , School
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“To educate meant accepting the uncertainty of accompanying the formation of free human beings.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Education
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“The corporatization of education thus produces a silent paradox: increasingly organized systems coexist with increasingly less educated communities.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Communication , Education
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“Education consists in introducing someone to the adventure of thinking.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Thinking , Education
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“Perhaps the greatest educational failure is not learning less, but ceasing to ask ourselves why we learn.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Education , Failure , Learning
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“Education was never a technical problem, but an open philosophical question about what kind of humanity we wish to form.”

José Baroja

Source: Cuando la escuela dejó de pensar. By José Baroja. (2026b, mayo 25). Le Monde Diplomatique. https://www.lemondediplomatique.cl/cuando-la-escuela-dejo-de-pensar-por-jose-baroja.html

Question , Problem , Education