Quote by Michael Gove
Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children. – Michael Gove

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The big shift in approach on education that we are taking – which is different from what happened before – is that we trust teachers and we trust heads. – Michael Gove

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Education
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Unfortunately, the real achievements of children on the ground became debased and devalued because Labor education secretaries sounded like Soviet commissars praising the tractor production figures when we know that those exams were not the rock-solid measures of achievement that children deserve. – Michael Gove

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Education
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The single most important thing in a childs performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. – Michael Gove

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inspirational
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What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and youre going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people. – Elizabeth Olsen

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There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. – Steven Pinker

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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. – Jean de La Fontaine

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Most sailing ships take what they call trainees, who pay to be part of the crew. The Picton Castle takes people who are absolutely raw recruits. But you cant just ride along. Youre learning to steer the ship, navigation youre pulling lines, keeping a lookout in the galley youre cooking. – Billy Campbell

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