The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.

Muriel Spark
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, a man regarded as one of the greatest American thinkers and writers, wrote: “The word 'education' comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.” He believed that students should be taught to find what was already inside them. In other words, to use their natural talents and abilities to learn the world around them.

Source: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie

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