“The difficulty in our education up till now lies, for the most part, in the fact that knowledge did not refine itself into will, to application of itself, to pure practice. The realists felt the need and supplied it, though in a most miserable way, by cultivating idea-less and fettered "practical men." Most college students are living examples of this sad turn of events. Trained in the most excellent manner, they go on training; drilled they continue drilling.” MenWayNeedsIdeasFactsLyingTurnsFeltPracticeEventsExampleStudentsCollegeGoes OnPureTrainingDifficultyPracticalsMiserableExcellentApplicationRealistCultivatingCollege StudentsDrilling Book:The False Principle of Our Education: Or, Humanism and Realism Source: The False Principle of Our Education: Or, Humanism and Realism
“A young professor I watched in action at one of our large eastern colleges used to stand with his back to the class and mumble explanations of blackboard problems. He was "let out" at the end of two years because students refused to attend his classes. He was given an evasive reason for his dismissal and he left with justifiable bitterness toward the administration. If someone had told him the truth he could have avoided this denouement. Sometimes professors go on for years without any conception of remediable faults which irritate their listeners.” IfsYearsTwoEndsSometimesReasonProblemActionYoungUsedLeftGivenClassStudentsCollegeGoes OnFaultsAdministrationExplanationTwo YearsConceptionBitternessProfessorsListenersEasternAvoidedAcademiaBlackboardDismissalDenouement Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“I see all these students, and I admire them - they're trying to learn something, they go to school, they do film school, they go on shoots, they help. I'm sure they learn a lot, and some of them, it makes them aware of what they wish to do. I was - that's the way I was - autodidact.” WayTryingHelpingSchoolFilmWishStudentsGoes OnAdmireFilm School Author:Agnes Varda
“I travel a lot with my students. We go on the road and even learn about things like doing your laundry and managing your time. And maybe that's not on the test at the end of the year, but it's in the test of life and that's why my classroom is successful.” YearsEndsSuccessfulStudentsGoes OnTestsClassroomLaundry Author:Rafe Esquith
“I get so much from having the opportunity to interface with the younger people and to bring information to them and to represent our culture and our way of life. The feeling and the warmth and the love, it's unbelievable. The type of exchange that goes on between students and teachers or visiting people who are doing master classes, and not just when they're musicians. Even general classes, when the students are not necessarily musicians.” PeopleWayFeelingsCultureOpportunityClassTeacherInformationStudentsMastersTypeGoes OnMusicianWarmthUnbelievableVisitingInterfacesTeacher And Student Author:Wynton Marsalis
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.” ArtProblemStudentsCollegeGoes OnDisciplineAchievementIncreaseGraduatesOddsBoostPerforming ArtsArt EducationMusic EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“You hope that the same people are coming back. I love playing with Angela [Bassett]. She's fierce. I met her years and years ago when she was a student at Yale, so to see her do these fierce roles and go on to [be] this powerhouse has just been awesome.” PeopleYearsRolesStudentsGoes OnMetsYears AgoFierceComing BackYaleAngela Author:Kathy Bates