…the greatest service we can do to education today is to teach fewer subjects. No one has time to do more than a very few things well before he is twenty, and when we force a boy to be a mediocrity in a dozen subjects, we destroy his standards, perhaps for life. C.s. Lewis
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The idea behind this quote is that overloading children with too many subjects gives them a false sense of importance. When children are overloaded, they have no time to develop into the kind of people who are able to learn and excel in only one or two areas. By forcing children to be mediocre in so many things, teachers are not giving them the chance to expand their horizons and learn skills that will help them in the future and in life.

Source: Surprised By Joy: The Shape Of My Early Life

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