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I think God has created us with a desire to own things because he wanted us to have a desire to imitate his sovereignty in this way. This desire in itself should not automatically be called “greed,” because that word slanders something that
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“School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.”
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“I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.”
― Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
― Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“Self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child's nature.”
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“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent.”
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“An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected.”
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Jun’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jun’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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