"School teachers, taking them by and large,..." - Quote by H L Mencken
School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.
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“I have often argued that a poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. I begin to suspect that there may be some truth in it.”
“You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.”
“If experience teaches us anything at all, it teaches us this: that a good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
More on Education
“In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.”
“We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”
“Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.”
More on Teachers
“False teachers of the Way of life use flowery words.”
“Now if a teacher gives you a practice, he or she would perhaps point out when you don't need it anymore or you realize yourself when you don't need it anymore.”
“The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.”