Monday, July 23, 2012

Takeaway line from Wendell Berry's Paideia Prize acceptance speech on education

"I think our education system is too big to fail, but I also think it's too big to fix--without a lot less money."

3 comments:

  1. And the following line was great, too: "Perhaps poverty will do them some good."

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  2. Good stuff! It was a night to remember, eh?

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