Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Lubbock , Sir John (1893), The pleasures of life, Retrieved on 2012-06-11Source Material [books.google.com]
Memes
11 JUN 2012
Love of Learning is the Most Important Lesson
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should have the opportunity of teaching itself. What does it matter if the pupil know a little more or a little less? A boy who leaves school knowing much, but hating his lessons, will soon have forgotten all he ever learned; while another who had acquired a thirst for knowledge, even if he had learned little, would soon teach himself more than the first ever knew.Folksonomies: education
Folksonomies: education
A pupil who does well, but hates learning, will lose all they have learned.
11 JUN 2012
Science Reveals the Wonder of a Mundane World
Where the untrained eye will see nothing but mire and dirt, Science will often reveal exquisite possibilities. The mud we tread under our feet in the street is a grimy mixture of clay and sand, soot and water. Separate the sand, however, as Ruskinn observes—let the atoms arrange themselves in peace according to their nature—and you have the opal. Separate the clay, and it becomes a white earth, fit for the finest porcelain; or if it still further purifies itself, you have a sapphire. Take the...Turning mud into wonder.