“Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average citizen should be content with their humble role in life.”
Quotes by William Torrey Harris
“Ninety-nine (students) out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual.”
William Torrey HarrisWilliam Torrey Harris was an influential American educator, philosopher, and lexicographer, whose contributions significantly shaped the landscape of public education in the United States. He spent ne...