Walter ScottAll men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
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A person’s self-education is a crucial part of their development. A teacher can only do so much, but a person’s hunger to learn and understand the world around them is what produces real change. The more a person reads, researches, and considers things from different perspectives, the more they grow as a human being.
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