John Horne BurnsHe knew instinctively the cardinal function of a teacher — which is a stout lever to raw mass.
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He knew instinctively the cardinal function of a teacher— which is a stout lever to raw mass. He understood that the task of education was not to make us more knowledgeable, but to make us more thoughtful.It was not his job to turn us into scholars, but to make us more sensitive, more humane, more capable of understanding other points of view.
Source: Lucifer With A Book
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