I would say that something important for me and for my generation in Northern Ireland was the 1947 Education Act, which allowed students who won scholarships to go on to secondary schools and thence to university.
Copy QuoteThe function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.
Copy Quote View & ShareEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Copy Quote View & ShareGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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