Yes, I Am Proud, And Very Humble

It Is A Rare Privilege To Watch The Birth, Growth, And First Feeble Struggles Of A Living Mind; This Privilege Is Mine.

Too Often, I Think, Children Are Required To Write Before They Have Anything To Say. Teach Them To Think And Read And Talk Without Self-repression, And They Will Write Because They Cannot Help It.

I Am Beginning To Suspect All Elaborate And Special Systems Of Education. They Seem To Me To Be Built Upon The Supposition That Every Child Is A Kind Of 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... Teaching Fills The Mind With Artificial Associations That Must Be Got Rid Of Before The Child Can Develop Independent Ideas Out Of Actual Experiences.

People Seldom See The Halting And Painful Steps By Which The Most Insignificant Success Is Achieved.

If My Parents Didn't Push Me And Didn't Support Education, I Probably Wouldn't Be Here Today.... Regardless Of Whatever They Went Through And How They May Have Been Treated, They Felt Education Was Important. So, It's Easier When You Have The Parents Who Support It, Rather Than Those Who Don't.