The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.
I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief. - Anne Sullivan Macy
I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief.
- Anne Sullivan Macy
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. - Anne Sullivan Macy
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.
You cannot touch the clouds, you know; but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You … - Anne Sullivan Macy
You cannot touch the clouds, you know; but you feel the rain and know how glad the flowers and the thirsty earth are to have it after a hot day. You …
I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought; thus the learning … - Anne Sullivan Macy
I never taught language for the purpose of teaching it; but invariably used language as a medium for the communication of thought; thus the learning …
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved. - Anne Sullivan Macy
People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.
Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of cu… - Anne Sullivan Macy
Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of cu…
The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true… - Anne Sullivan Macy
The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true…
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. - Anne Sullivan Macy
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.
Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk without self-repression, a… - Anne Sullivan Macy
Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk without self-repression, a…
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