“A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.” WantSchoolPayRaceCriticismBlindFaultsSlaveMereAncientObedienceMeritGreeceBigotsBlind Obedience Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The authority of Plato and Aristotle, of Zeno and Epicurus, still reigned in the schools; and their systems, transmitted with blind deference from one generation of disciples to another, precluded every generous attempt to exercise the powers, or enlarge the limits, of the human mind.” MindHumansStillsSchoolGrowthGenerationsExerciseLimitsAuthorityBlindGenerousHuman MindDisciplePlatoDeferencePlato And Aristotle Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1 Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1
“Its so daunting to walk into a classroom or a school auditorium. Its like the worlds weirdest blind date. I know all the students are thinking, Who is this tool standing up in front of us?” ThinkingKnowsWorldSchoolWalksFrontsStudentsStandingToolsBlindClassroomAuditoriumsBlind Date Author:Libba Bray