Louis LAmourActually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education. What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book. You must fill in the colors yourself.
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People are capable of learning on their own. They are not mentally deficient. If you are to learn something, then you must go out into the world and find out on your own. You cannot learn it from someone else or find out about it in a book.
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