132 Quotes About Schools

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered.

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

Life skills such as cooking, cleaning, organizing, gardening and even sewing should be added creatively to the educational systems. It will teach children to be responsible along with seeking academic excellence. A grown-up person is not only by how smart he or she is, it is also by how cooperative and responsible they are.

The four major testing companies—Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill—make $2 billion a year in revenue while spending $20 million a year lobbying for more mandated student assessments. Prisons bring in $70 billion a year in revenue, and its industry spends $45 million a year lobbying to keep people incarcerated and for longer sentences.

Schools should make ‘common sense’ a course of study.

The American public school system was designed to make Americans just smart enough to run machines, use tools, and be able to read well enough to follow instructions. The smartest students are given scholarships so they can work directly or indirectly for, and help, the government to continue destroying this country.

In America, as soon as you are born, you are brainwashed. Starting with your parents, then by religion, then by the public school system, and then by government via the news media.