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I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of edu

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. – Anne Sullivan

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Its a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing powers of observation and discrimination excite in them a desire to know about things. – Anne Sullivan

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We all like stories that make us cry. Its so nice to feel sad when youve nothing in particular to feel sad about. – Anne Sullivan

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sad
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I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more certain I am that obedience is the gateway through which knowledge, yes, and love, too, enter the mind of the child. – Anne Sullivan

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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. – Bertrand Russell

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I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. – Clay Aiken

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