Schooling vs. Education
3-Word Secret to Living Your Best Life
Dr. Maya Angelou says that in order to be the best human being you can be, you must follow one simple directive: "Just do right".
The Lesson Dr. Maya Angelou Was Still Studying in Her 80s
Dr. Maya Angelou says that if she thought of her life as a class, there would be a few things she would like to impart to the world. One is a statement by Terence (Publius Terentius Afer, Roman African playwright, ca. 195/185 – c. 159? BC) that she is still studying at age 82: "I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me."
Ken Robinson
Escaping Education’s Death Valley
Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them.
Do schools kill creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson makes a profoundly moving - and entertaining - case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
TED 2006
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." — Mark Twain