“It still amazes me that we insist on teaching algebra to all students when only about 20 percent will ever use it and fail to teach anything about parenting when the vast majority of our students will become parents.” SchoolEducationTeachingParentingCurriculum Book:Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War Source: Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
“We Americans pride ourselves on our freedom to speak, to say what we believe. But of what use is it to speak if only those who already agree with us listen? A first step toward the abolition of war is learning to listen with respect and sympathy.” EducationListeningEmpathyRespectFreedom Of SpeechPeace Education Book:Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War Source: Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War
“I do not need to establish a deep, lasting, time-consuming personal relationship with every student. What I must do is to be totally and nonselectively present to the student-to each student-as he addresses me. The time interval may be brief but the encounter is total.” NeedsMayTimeEducationRelationshipTeachingStudentsPersonalityEncountersAddressesLastingEstablishmentConsumingPresentingIntervalsPersonal RelationshipsTime Consuming Book:Caring, a Feminine Approach to Ethics & Moral Education Source: Caring, a Feminine Approach to Ethics & Moral Education