The Educator Has The Duty Of Not

Sometimes A Simple, Almost Insignificant Gesture On The Part Of A Teacher Can Have A Profound Formative Effect On The Life Of A Student.

When We Live Our Lives With The Authenticity Demanded By The Practice Of Teaching That Is Also Learning And Learning That Is Also Teaching, We Are Participating In A Total Experience.... In This Experience The Beautiful, The Decent, And The Serious Form A Circle With Hands Joined.

Freedom Is Acquired By Conquest, Not By Gift. It Must Be Pursued Constantly And Responsibly. Freedom Is Not An Ideal Located Outside Of Man; Nor Is It An Idea Which Becomes Myth. It Is Rather The Indispensable Condition For The Quest For Human Completion.

Implicit In The Banking Concept Is The Assumption Of A Dichotomy Between Human Beings And The World: A Person Is Merely In The World, Not With The World Or With Others; The Individual Is Spectator, Not Re-creator.

The Role Of The Educator Is One Of Tranquil Possession Of Certitude In Regard To The Teaching Of Not Only Contents But Also Of 'correct Thinking.'