The Absorbent Mind

They prepare themselves for life by remaining outside of life.

education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual. It is acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences upon the

school is a social institution of long standing and its rules cannot be modified unless there is some outside power which enforces this modification

the world of education is a sort of retreat where the individuals, for the whole of their scholastic life, remain isolated from the problems of the world. They prepare themselves for life by remaining outside of life.

Who has ever heard of any ministry of education that is called upon to solve any social problem acutely felt in the country?

all those who are undergoing education are isolated from society

If we do so, we shall be witnesses to the unfolding of the human soul, to the rising of a New Man who will not be the victim of events, but who will have the clarity of vision to direct and shape the future of human society.

We shall be confronted by a child not as he was considered before a powerless being an empty vessel that must be filled with our wisdom.

preparing a series of motives of cultural activity spread in a specially prepared environment

So we found that education is not what the teacher gives: education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual. It is acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences upon the environment.