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“The act of reading is a skill that can be cultivated.”

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“We can get too easily bogged down in the academic part of homeschooling, a relatively minor part of the whole, which is to raise competent, caring, literate, happy people.”

Education Learning Homeschooling Homeschool

Author:Diane Flynn Keith

“It is hard not to feel that there must be something very wrong with much of what we do in school, if we feel the need to worry so much about what many people call 'motivation'. A child has no stronger desire than to make sense of the world, to move freely in it, to do the things that he sees bigger people doing.”

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Author:John Holt

“You will not reap the fruit of individuality in your children if you clone their education.”

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Author:Marilyn Howshall

“There are all kinds of ignorance in the world. Education, learning to read and write, doesn't necessarily give us knowledge. We have to learn to use our minds to see what is really happening.”

Education Learning Ignorance

Book:Married to Bhutan

Source: Married to Bhutan

“...learning always occurs in a context of taking action, and they value engagement and experience as the most effective strategies for deep learning.”

Learning Engagement

Author:Richard DuFour

“That's it...I'm completely giving up on boys and concentrating on staying alive.”

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Book:Scorched Skies

Source: Scorched Skies

“Mocking precedes learning the hard way.”

Learning Mocking

Book:Master of Stupidity

Source: Master of Stupidity

“One thing I learned in here is the past is for learning. It's not for punishing others or yourself. It's not for dwelling on and getting angry about things you can't change. It's for learning how to do better in the rest of your life. And being grateful you get another chance to try and do better.”

Book:The Davis Years

Source: The Davis Years

“Years and years ago, I read a great interview with Jam and Lewis, the R&B producers, in which they described what it was like to be members of Prince's band. They'd sit down, and Prince would tell them what he wanted them to play, and they'd explain that they couldn't--they weren't quick enough, or good enough. And Prince would push them and push them until they mastered it, and then just when they were feeling pleased with themselves for accomplishing something they didn't know they had the capacity for, he'd tell them the dance steps he needed to accompany the music. This story has stuck with me, I think, because it seems like an encapsulation of the very best and most exciting kind of creative process.”

Music Learning Encouragement Creative Process Prince

Book:The Polysyllabic Spree

Source: The Polysyllabic Spree

“...rather than assuming that education is primarily about preparing for jobs and careers, what would it mean to think of education as a process of guiding kids' participation in public life more generally, a public life that includes social, recreational, and civic engagement.”

Education Learning Social Media

Book:Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project

Source: Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project