Quote by Gregory Bateson
Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature

Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. – Gregory Bateson

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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA. – Gregory Bateson

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Education, like neurosis, begins at home. – Milton Sapirstein

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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. – Joseph Addison

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Civic education and civic responsibility should be taught in elementary school. – Donna Brazile

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Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both. – Abraham Flexner

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