11-09-2006, 02:21 AM
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The role of education is to take precociousness and drive it further; education doesn't always succeed in that respect, and indeed, outright fails in many instances.
__________________ "I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote: love, identity & growth, economics, education, equality, definitions.
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