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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. -

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. – John Dewey

Other quotes by John Dewey

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. – John Dewey

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Education
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John Dewey
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Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. – John Dewey

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Adaptability
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Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. – John Dewey

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Failure
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The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. – Sydney J. Harris

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An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. – Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin

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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. – Alvin Toffler

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The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. – William Arthur Ward

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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

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