I am beginning to suspect all elaborate & special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the suposition that every child is an idiot … - Helen Keller

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I am beginning to suspect all elaborate & special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the suposition that every child is an idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him come and go freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself...