Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
Most youth still hold the same values of their parents…if we do not alter this pattern, if we don’t resocialize, our system will decay.
The most controversial issues of the twenty-first century will pertain to the ends and means of modifying human behavior and who shall determine them. The first educational question will not be 'what knowledge is of the most worth?' but 'what kinds of human beings do we wish to produce?' The possibilities virtually defy our imagination.
The curriculum of the future will be what one might call the humanistic curriculum.
Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now. Education is a long-term solution. Parents and the general public must be reached also Otherwise, children and youth enrolled in globally oriented programs may find themselves in conflict with values assumed in the home. And then the educational institution frequently comes under scrutiny and must pull back.
It is my expectation that Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice will become a rich resource for continuing this multi-layered conversation-from democratic belief to democratic action-that is the hallmark of educational renewal.
Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan.
I spent my whole single life trying to be thin just to find someone who'd love me once I got fat.
And nobility will not be able to help you with your love; Love does not know how to cede to ancestral images.
I'm an amateur science enthusiast. I'm not even a professional enthusiast. I don't know anything; I never even passed biology in high school. But I read the science section of the newspaper.