“[T]he most radical theorists... are not critics of the educational system in the usual sense, because they are not interested first and foremost in schooling. They are interested less in teaching and learning than in growth, dignity, autonomy, freedom, and the development of the full range of human potentialities." (p. 17)” FreedomEducationLearningTeachingAutonomyHuman Potential Book:Radical School Reform Source: Radical School Reform
“I guess a certain amount of temperament is expected of Chess geniuses” CertainAmountGeniusExpectedChessTemperament Author:Ronald Gross
“The goal of formal education has always been to produce people who could continue to learn on their own.” PeopleGoalProduceFormalFormal Education Book:The Life Long Learner Source: The Life Long Learner
“Fischer was a good kid but very unsophisticated about anything but chess. It was all chess for him, every waking moment. We'd go down to the Four Continents bookstore and he'd buy any Russian chess material he could get his hands on. He'd learned enough Russian to get the gist of prose and he just absorbed the chess part.” EnoughMomentsHandsKidsFourMaterialsChessProseWakingContinentsBookstoresFischerGist Author:Ronald Gross