Thursday, July 16, 2009

Einstein Quote

It is almost a miracle that modern teaching methods have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom.

4 comments:

Beth said...

Viva curiosity! I maintain that that is the root of learning...if you are curious about the world around you, you will take the time and be compelled to investigate and learn more about it!

the dogs' mother said...

I wonder what he would think of education today? Some of it is really good - my chickens always had excellent science teachers. Part of the is that they were all part of the Mad Scientist community here before becoming teachers.

Ms. Moon said...

Exactly.

Mark in DE said...

Couldn't agree more.