“I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great men from our universities. The marking system is a traumatic experience from which most students emerge with a deep determination never to get into a situation where they can be marked again. They just won't ever again take a chance.” MenChanceEducationSituationStudentsSourceLowsDeterminationTestsUniversityGreat MenGradesYieldTake A ChanceTraumatic Experiences Author:Edwin Land
“Teachers have to respect the privacy of students' creative life, but at the same time give them a chance to express themselves.” GivingChanceCreativeTeacherStudentsPrivacyCreative Life Author:Jan Brett
“Theory said one thing and the experiment said something different, so that was the stimulus that started me going, that there was something there to be explained, which wasn't understood and to try to see why that experiment gave the answer it did, so it was a big opportunity for a young student starting to have actually an experiment which contradicted the theory, so that's was my chance to understand that.” TryingSaidDifferentBigsYoungOpportunityChanceAnswersOne ThingStudentsTheoryUnderstoodStartingExperimentsStimulusYoung Students Author:Freeman Dyson
“I don't want to speak too disparagingly of my generation (actually I do, we had a chance to change the world and opted for the Home Shopping Network instead), but there was a view among the student writers I knew at that time that good writing came spontaneously, in an uprush of feeling that had to be caught at once; when you were building that all-important stairway to heaven, you couldn't just stand around with your hammer in your hand.” WorldWantWritingImportantFeelingsHomeHandsSpeakHeavenChanceViewsGenerationsStudentsBuildingCaughtChanging The WorldShoppingHammersMy GenerationGood WritingStairwaysStairway To Heaven Author:Stephen King