Brave New World of Education

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Self-Education Is the Only Kind of Education There Is

Robert Frost? Isaac Asimov? Kathleen Norris? Charles Swain Thomas? Robert Shafer? George Gallup?
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In 1921 “The North American Review” published an article titled “Working People’s Education” by Robert Shafer which included an instance of the adage: 2

The truth is that the only education is self-education. Teachers can impart information and make suggestions, but they are like sign-posts—they can only by example and precept point out the way. A sign-post is of no earthly use unless the person who consults it wants to go somewhere.
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Figuring out how to make education interesting toaparticular child is the problem. Poetry may be interesting to some kids. I found science fiction. Then I found teachers make science boring.

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One teacher actually told me that she used Project Gutenberg but did not tell her students about it.

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