Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Learning reduces fear when encountering unfamiliar circumstances.
- In plain terms
- Education makes strange things less scary.
- What can you take from it?
- Knowledge reduces intimidation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does learning always reduce fear?
- What else builds confidence?
Another view
Education does not eliminate all fear of the unknown.
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