"If nothing else, one day you can look someone straight in the eyes and say
“But I lived through it. And it made me who I am today."
– Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You 

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"Students need more than facts. They need to understand the relationship between ‘facts’ and whose interests certain ‘facts’ serve. They need to question the validity of the ‘facts,’ to act questions such as ‘why’ and ‘how.’ They need to know how to find information, to solve problems, to express themselves in oral and written language so their opinions can be shared with, and have influence on, broader society."
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-Bob Peterson

from “What Should Children Learn?:  A Teacher Looks at E.D. Hirsch”

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This is my biggest concern with the unprecedented level of access we now have to information: Knowledge doesn’t equal understanding. I can type a logarithmic formula into a calculator. That doesn’t mean I understand what’s going on. I think it’s vital to keep that in mind.

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