“Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?”
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Noam Chomsky334
american linguist, philosopher and activist 1928Related quotes
Neil Postman (1931–2003) American writer and academic
Teaching as a Subversive Activity (1969)
Context: The elimination of conventional tests... is necessary because, as soon as they are used as judgement-making instruments, the whole process of schooling shifts from education to training intended to produce passing grades on tests. … "Courses" turn out to be contingent upon testing. A "course" generally consists of a series of briefings for the great Trivia contest. It's a kind of rigid quiz show. And it seems to work only if the contestants value the "prize." The prize, of course, is a "grade." An appropriate grade entitles the participant to continue playing the Trivia game. All the while, let's not forget, very little, if any, substantive intellectual activity is going on.
“If you train the part of the body you get that part trained”
Hira Ratan Manek (1937)
The lecture in Ashland, Oregon (8th of July 2005)
“All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you.”
Sarah Dessen book Keeping the Moon
Source: Keeping the Moon
Abraham Kaplan (1918–1993) American philosopher
Source: "The Conduct of Inquiry", p. 29.
Samukeliso Moyo (1974) athletics competitor
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“• Hazing is both testing and training to subordinate self to the team.”
Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part III: Government as substitute husband, p. 295.