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“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.”
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“I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!”
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
― Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
“It's important for nerds to realize, too, that school is not life. School is a strange, artificial thing, half sterile and half feral. It's all-encompassing, like life, but it isn't the real thing. It's only temporary, and if you look, you can see beyond it even while you're still in it.”
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
“There are few sources of energy so powerful as a procrastinating college student.”
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
― Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age
“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
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