Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Revealing Quotes on the origins of the schooling system

"The children who know how to think for themselves, spoil the harmony of the collective society that is coming, where everyone would be interdependent.
Independent self-reliant people would be a counterproductive anachronism in the collective society of the future where people will be defined by their associations."
— John Dewey, 1896, educational philosopher, proponent of modern public schools.





*in·de·pen·dent 

adj.
1. Not governed by a foreign power; self-governing.
2. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant: an independent mind.
3. Not determined or influenced by someone or something else; not contingent: a decision independent of the outcome of the study.

**Interdependent comes from the Latin word inter meaning "among, between," and dependere which means "to hang from, be dependent on." When two people are interdependent, they have a sense of dependency between them. Married couples are often interdependent. They rely on one another — whether for income or child care or love — to get by.





*from thefreeonlinedictionary.com
** from vocabulary.com

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