Education System Quotes - Page 8

• One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities.

  Bill Lear

  Motivational, Learning, Unfortunate Things

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• We all want to live a happy life and have a right to do so, whether through work or spiritual practice. I'm subject to destructive emotions like anger and jealousy the same as you, but we all have potential for good too. However, our existing education system is oriented towards material development; neglecting inner values. Consequently we lack a clear awareness of the inner values that are the basis of a happy life.

  Dalai Lama

  Spiritual, Happy Life, Practice

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• Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries.

  Meg Whitman

  Education, Country, Fall

  Interview with Teddy Davis, abcnews.go.com. November 17, 2009.

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• One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Focus, Succeed, Failing

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