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"I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket."
"The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul."
"I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself."
"Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student."
"It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life."
"Education as the exercise of domination stimulates the credulity of students, with the ideological intent (often not perceived by educators) of indoctrinating them to adapt to the world of oppression."
"Education as the exercise of domination stimulates the credulity of the students."
"The student, if he attains any success in the following practices, will find himself confronted by things too glorious or dreadful to be described. It is essential that he remain the master of all he beholds, hears or conceives; otherwise he will be the slave of illusion, and the prey of madness."
"The late philosopher Morris R. Cohen of CCNY was asked by a student in the metaphysics course, Professor Cohen, how do I know that I exist? The keen old prof replied, And who is asking?"
"I've always been a student, so I want to learn."
"The knowledge of all things is possible"
"No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know"
"If you don't have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won't change the trajectory for students."
"I always tell my students, go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don't let anyone throw you off."
"It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw."
"In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students."
"Too much horsing around with unrealistic stances and classic forms and rituals is just too artificial and mechanical, and doesn't really prepare the student for actual combat. A guy could get clobbered while getting into this classical mess. Classical methods like these, which I consider a form of paralysis, only solidify and constrain what was once fluid. Their practitioners are merely blindly rehearsing routines and stunts that will lead nowhere."
"The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times."
"George W. Bush has gathered around him upper-crust C-students who know no history or geography."
"No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest."
