Neil Postman Quotes

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Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods. - Neil Postman quote.
Children enter school as question marks and leave as periods.
— Neil Postman Teaching as a Subversive Activity

school

People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not. - Neil Postman quote.
People in distress will sometimes prefer a problem that is familiar to a solution that is not.
— Neil Postman

change problems solutions

The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our technology has strewn about us. - Neil Postman quote.
The shock of twentieth-century technology numbed our brains and we are just beginning to notice the spiritual and social debris that our technology has strewn about us.
— Neil Postman The Disappearance of Childhood

technology

The word "educate" is closely related to the word "educe."  In the oldest pedagogic sense of the term, this meant a drawing out of a person something potential or latent. - Neil Postman quote.
The word "educate" is closely related to the word "educe."  In the oldest pedagogic sense of the term, this meant a drawing out of a person something potential or latent.
— Neil Postman Teaching as a Subversive Activity

education potential