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Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they
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"Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they can adjust the ideas of old men to the shape of reality as they find it in villages and hills of China or in ghettos and suburbs of America"

- Theodore White

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This quote by Theodore White speaks to the power of trainees to form and pass on ideas. He suggests that students are particularly appropriate to this task due to the fact that their minds are flexible and can take the ideas of older generations and change them to fit the realities of different locations. White suggests that students can take the concepts of the past and make them relevant to the present, no matter where they are in the world. He recommends that students can take the ideas of old guys and use them to the unique situations of China, America, and all over in between. This quote talks to the significance of students in the transmission of knowledge and concepts, and the power of their minds to form and adapt them to the ever-changing world.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Theodore White between May 6, 1915 and May 15, 1986. He/she was a famous Journalist from USA. The author also have 20 other quotes.

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