Tag Archives: Education

Thought For the Day: Excellence Demands Competition

Posted on November 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Excellence demands competition. Without a race there can be no champion, no records broken, no excellence — in education or in any other walk of life.” – Ronald Reagan

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Thought For the Day: As Knowledge Spreads, Wealth Spreads. To Diffuse Knowledge Is to Diffuse Wealth

Posted on October 4, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“General education is the best preventive of the evils now most dreaded. In the civilized countries of the world, the question is how to distribute most generally and equally the property of the world. As a rule where education is most general the distribution … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Know No Safe Depository of the Ultimate Powers of the Society But the People Themselves

Posted on July 12, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from … Continue reading →

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Na/GloPoWriMo #28: Posing A Serious Question

Posted on April 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #28: Posing A Serious Questionby Michael Doyle Looking at the increased polarizationNoted as widespread across this nationThere is a serious question to be askedOne for which thinkers are now taskedWhat will it take in educationTo return civility to our … Continue reading →

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The Positive and Negative Of Social Learning From Television and Other Screens

Posted on April 1, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

The Positive and Negative Contributions of Social Learning From Television and Other Screens: The case is, more often than not, made that social learning from television and other screens is largely negative. To the degree that the negative case … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Government Will Not Fail To Employ Education To Strengthen Its Hands and Perpetuate Its Institutions

Posted on March 15, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Government will not fail to employ education to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.” – William Godwin (1756-1836)

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Thought For the Day: Governments Have Ever Been Known To Hold A High Hand Over the Education of the People

Posted on February 5, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more.” – … Continue reading →

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For Bill of Rights Day

Posted on December 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

For Bill of Rights Dayby Michael DoyleTo embark on teaching history of the pastEngages us with the things that lastThe best way of doing this of courseIs to teach things right from the sourceBefore going further, let me just sayHappy … Continue reading →

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First Principles: There Are Two Types of Education; One Should Teach Us How To Make A Living and the Other How To Live

Posted on November 27, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two types of education; One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.” – John Adams

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First Principles: There Are Two Types of Education; One Should Teach Us How To Make A Living and the Other How to Live

Posted on August 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“There are two types of education; One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.” ― John Adams

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