Peter Gray > Quotes

“bear out The facts don't bear out your story. In other words, you story is not supported by any facts.This out means the conclusion. We conclude that the evidence doesn't bear out your story, therefore you're lying to the court. Separable two-word verb   Be careful.”
― Peter Gray, Phrasal Verb Fun

“We rarely stop to think about how new and unnatural all this is in the larger context of human evolution and how it emerged from a bleak period in our history that was marked by child labor and beliefs in children’s innate sinfulness. We have forgotten that children are designed by nature to learn through self-directed play and exploration, and so, more and more, we deprive them of the freedom to learn, subjecting them instead to the tedious and painfully slow learning methods devised by those who run the schools.”
― Peter Gray

“Around has two main meanings. The most common meaning is vaguely moving from one direction to another. What do many people do on holiday? They walk around the town where they are staying. About and round mean the same, and several verbs have all three forms which mean the same.. The second meaning of around and about is approximate. How much is it? About ten euros. It is around ten euros.”
― Peter Gray, Phrasal Verb Fun