Quotations on Education

Posted on July 8, 2017

by Karen DeMers Dowdall

The Quotes that follow should be the three most important concepts for teaching students: critical thinking!

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“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

Margaret Mead

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(https://en.wikipedia.org George Romney — Artist)

“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”

Thomas Paine

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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”

Plutarch

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Karen DeMers Dowdall

Karen DeMers Dowdall was born in West Hartford, Connecticut. She has lived in Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and England. Karen has a PhD, MSN, BSN, RN in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University. “Books of every genre teach us about life, how we think, and view the world." She has written poems and little short stories since she was a child. Karen loves art, she enjoys drawing, painting in oils, pastels, colored pencils, and doing portraiture. She has also taken ballet, Jazz, and modern dance since she was three years old and owned her own dance studio. View all posts by Karen DeMers Dowdall