3 ms·
"The object of the educational system, taken as a whole, is not to produce hands for industry or to teach the young how to make a living. It is to produce respo
by blahblahblah 16y ago
"The object of the educational system, taken as a whole, is not to produce hands for industry or to teach the young how to make a living. It is to produce responsible citizens"
-Robert Maynard Hutchins, "The University of Utopia"
See also, "The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent" by John Erskine
- invalidOrTaken 16y agoAwesome, and I agree. But that sort of idealism should only be advanced if it can be implemented and maintained. How long will superintendents and school boards advocating such principles remain in their positions when parents and students complain that they can't get a job out of high school/college?
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoWe can have all the morals we can afford