“The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.”

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American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el … 1856–1915

Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist

The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified

“[A good teacher] brings knowledge and his pupil into a vital relationship; and the object of teaching is to establish that relationship on an intelligible basis. This can only be done … by appealing to two qualities which are at the bottom of all knowledge, curiosity and observation. They are born with us, every child naturally develops them, and it is the duty of the teacher to direct them to proper ends.”

Mandell Creighton (1843–1901) English historian and ecclesiastic

Thoughts on Education: Speeches and Sermons (1902)

“Let the main object… to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.”

John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer

“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering cold iron.”

Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician

As quoted in The Eclectic Magazine Vol. VII, (January - June 1868)
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The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
As quoted in School Arts (1935) by Art Study and Teaching Periodicals, p. 91
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.
As quoted in Making Minds Less Well Educated Than Our Own (2004) by Roger C. Schank, p. 151