“It's been a horrifying academic secret for decades that the children who walk away with the highest formal honors, the valedictorians and National Merit Scholars, have a horrendous performance record in later life.” ChildrenWalksSecretRecordsHonorHighestPerformancesDecadesMeritAcademicScholarFormalValedictorians Author:John Taylor Gatto
“On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provisions for discourse.” WayChildrenPartyOughtSensibilityFormalDiscourseProvision Author:Jane Austen