"The child has a hundred languages – and a hundred hundred hundred more – but they steal ninety-nine. The school and the culture separate the head from the body"
- Loris Malaguzzi
About this Quote
This quote speaks with the power of language and the importance of preserving it. It recommends that kids are born with a natural ability to interact in a variety of ways, however that this capability is often reduced by the school system and society. The quote indicates that the school system and culture are eliminating the kid's ability to reveal themselves in a variety of methods, leaving them with just one language. This is a catastrophe, as it restricts the kid's capability to express themselves and to comprehend the world around them. The quote motivates us to recognize the significance of preserving the numerous languages of children, and to guarantee that they are not robbed of their ability to communicate in a variety of methods.
This quote is written / told by Loris Malaguzzi between February 23, 1920 and January 30, 1994. He was a famous Teacher from Italy.
The author also have 8 other quotes.
"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans"
"Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future"
"Now we maintain that we cannot be afford to be concerned about 6 percent of the children in this country, black children, who you allow to come into white schools. We have 94 percent who still live in shacks. We are going to be concerned about those 94 percent"
"As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us"
