Reading, learning, sports, and famous people quotes. Never let formal education get in the way of your learning. There is a difference between education and learning by rote. Teachers regularly inspire their students, whether they are aware of it or not. I say education is the key to success because even though many may say that it does not prepare us for what we need in real life or everyday life.
If a teacher truly observes those wonderful moments and remains present in them, learning will happen for both teacher and student over and over again, forever. As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past.
Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults. A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. The principal 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.
I am becoming more and more confident and determined in my aim to keep my future children out of mainstream education. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called; but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond “readin, writin, and cipherin” to the Rule of Three.
The object of education is not merely to enable our children to gain their daily bread and to acquire pleasant means of recreation, but that they should know God and serve Him with earnestness and devotion. The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.