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Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
“Thus the powerful tend to have a bias toward the status quo; our educational customs tend to perpetuate themselves, and because they interconnect with so many other aspects of our culture, they are extraordinarily difficult to change.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
“The problem is that as the pace of change accelerates all around us, the ability to learn new things may be the most important skill of all.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
“Because it's there.”
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“Today’s world needs a workforce of creative, curious, and self-directed lifelong learners who are capable of conceiving and implementing novel ideas. Unfortunately, this is the type of student that the Prussian model actively suppresses.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
“Can you imagine if someone told Einstein, Okay, wrap up this relativity thing, we’re moving on to European history? Or said to Michelangelo, Time’s up for the ceiling, now go paint the walls. Yet versions of this snuffing out of creativity and boundary-stretching thought happen all the time in conventional schools.”
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
― The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined
Benjamin’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Benjamin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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161 books
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