“Otherwise you are not educated; you are merely trained.”

Pieces of Eight (1982)
Context: The most worthwhile form of education is the kind that puts the educator inside you, as it were, so that the appetite for learning persists long after the external pressure for grades and degrees has vanished. Otherwise you are not educated; you are merely trained.

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American journalist 1917–1986

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