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Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumu
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"Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past"

- Bryant H. McGill

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This quote by Bryant H. McGill highlights the significance of education in preparing our minds to believe for ourselves. Instead of simply filling our minds with the concepts and misunderstandings of the past, education should equip us with the abilities to think critically and form our own viewpoints. Education needs to offer us with the tools to examine and evaluate info, so that we can make informed choices and pertain to our own conclusions. Education should also assist us to acknowledge and challenge our own predispositions and presumptions, so that we can think more objectively. Eventually, education should empower us to think for ourselves and make decisions based on our own reasoning and understanding.

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Bryant H. McGill This quote is written / told by Bryant H. McGill somewhere between November 7, 1969 and today. He was a famous Author from USA. The author also have 58 other quotes.

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