Quote by Michael Morpurgo
A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear – which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks youll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers. – Michael Morpurgo

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War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both because I want people to understand the absolute futility of war, the pity of war as Wilfred Owen called it. – Michael Morpurgo

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Dont worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. – Michael Morpurgo

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famous
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One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail. – Michael Morpurgo

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We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another. – Estelle Morris

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Each year, I say Im going to go to school next year. Its inevitable that Ill end up getting my education. – Eliza Dushku

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If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse. – Abu Bakr

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Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes. – Norman Douglas

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The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and dont forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers. – C.S. Lewis

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