“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
“Who is open without levity; generous without waste; secret without craft; humble without meanness; bold without insolence; cautious without anxiety; regular, yet not formal; mild, yet not timid; firm, yet not tyrannical - is made to pass the ordeal of honour, friendship, virtue.” MadeSecretVirtueHonorWasteAnxietyHumbleCraftsFirmGenerousFormalCautiousMeannessOrdealsInsolenceLevity Author:Johann Kaspar Lavater