Never let your schooling interfere with your education.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Formal schooling should not hinder true education.
- In plain terms
- School shouldn't block real learning.
- What can you take from it?
- Learn beyond the classroom.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How can schooling limit learning?
- When is formal education essential?
Another view
Some structured education provides essential foundations.
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