The Wrong Things Are Predominantly Stressed In

Is It Not True, Then, That My Life With All Its Limitation Touches At Many Points The Life Of The World Beautiful? Everything Has Its Wonders, Even Darkness And Silence, And I Learn, Whatever State I May Be, Therein To Be Content.

No Matter How Mistaken Communist Ideas May Be, The Experience And Knowledge Gained By Trying Them Out Have Given A Tremendous Impetus To Thought And Imagination.

My Heart Is Singing For Joy This Morning! A Miracle Has Happened! The Light Of Understanding Has Shone Upon My Little Pupil's Mind, And Behold, All Things Are Changed!

I Think That There Are Some Teachers That Do A Very Good Job Of Incorporating Culture And History. And There Are Some Teachers Who Could Use A Little More Help In That Area.

I Am Beginning To Suspect All Elaborate And Special Systems Of Education. They Seem To Me To Be Built Upon The Supposition That Every Child Is A Kind Of Idiot Who Must Be Taught To Think. Whereas If The Child Is Left To Himself, He Will Think More And Better , If Less "showily." Let Him Come And Go Freely, Let Him Touch Real Things And Combine His Impressions For Himself... Teaching Fills The Mind With Artificial Associations That Must Be Got Rid Of Before The Child Can Develop Independent Ideas Out Of Actual Experiences.