“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”
B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) American behaviorist
"New methods and new aims in teaching", in New Scientist, 22(392) (21 May 1964), pp.483-4.
“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”
B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) American behaviorist
"New methods and new aims in teaching", in New Scientist, 22(392) (21 May 1964), pp.483-4.
B.F. Skinner (1904–1990) American behaviorist
As quoted in Performance-based Assessment for Middle and High School Physical Education (2002) by Jacalyn Lea Lund and Mary Fortman Kirk, p. 165.
“The only question on which we did not agree has been settled, and the Lord has decided against me.”
Robert E. Lee (1807–1870) Confederate general in the Civil War
To Marsena Patrick, as quoted in "Honoring Lee Anew" http://wluspectator.com/2014/07/15/cox-honoring-lee-anew/ (15 July 2014), by David Cox, A Magazine of Student Thought and Opinion <br class="br">1860s
Joan of Arc (1412–1431) French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint
Often misquoted as I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
As given in The Life of Joan of Arc (1909) by Anatole France, tr. Winifred Stevens, vol. i, p. 97, referencing Trials, vol. i, p. 449.
Philip Selznick (1919–2010) American sociologist
Source: Leadership in Administration: A Sociological Interpretation, 1957, p. 127
George Müller (1805–1898) German-English clergyman
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part.
Fourth Part of Narrative
Judy LaMarsh (1924–1980) Canadian politician, writer, broadcaster and barrister.
Source: Memoirs Of A Bird In A Gilded Cage (1969), CHAPTER 9, C.B.C., p. 250
Neil Postman (1931–2003) American writer and academic
Language Education in a Knowledge Context (1980)
George Biddell Airy (1801–1892) English mathematician and astronomer
Preface to the fifth edition.
Popular Astronomy: A Series of Lectures Delivered at Ipswich (1868)