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Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important,

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"Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone"

- David Brooks

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This quote is written / told by David Brooks somewhere between August 11, 1961 and today. He/she was a famous Politician from USA. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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