Saturday, January 23, 2010

"For our knowledge of history teaches us this much: that the object of public education in the American Colonies and the later states up to 1865, was to produce good men. The system may have been imperfect in detail, but its aim was correct. Today the object of American education is to turn out graduates-whether good, bad, or indifferent we neither know nor care. Formerly, quantity had to give place to quality; today it is the reverse." -John Gould Fletcher

From an essay entitled "Education, Past and Present. In I'll Take My Stand from the 1930's.
Posted by Matt at 9:20 AM
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Tom Gabbard said...

Matt,

This seems to have become the norm in not only the classroom, but also in the workplace and even, tragically, in many of our churches as well. We easily settle for mediocrity for the sake of expediency! But, this "sowing to the wind" has now brought our nation face to face with the unpleasant task of "reaping the whirlwind" of disrespect,lawlessness, shoddy workmanship and no conviction or reverance for God or any sense of His weightiness and His ordained purpose and rule in every facet of our lives.

January 24, 2010 at 10:41 PM

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