We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries.
H. G. Wells
More from: H. G. Wells
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
My father made sure that I had lots of levels of education - from ballroom-dancing to painting, commando training, theatre and magic. -
I think it is totally wrong and terribly harmful if education is defined as acquiring knowledge. -
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. -
You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life. -
I agree that it is not just the extremists who harbor bad thoughts or engage in bad acts, but they are usually the source of the polarization and try to keep education and communication of the main stream from moving forward.
More quotes by H. G. Wells
- Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
- In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
- No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.
- There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.
- History is a race between education and catastrophe.