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The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the ind

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else. – John W. Gardner

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