"The Schools ain't what they used to..." - Quote by Will Rogers
The Schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
More by Will Rogers
“Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out”
“Real estate is the best investment in the world because it is the only thing they're not making any more.”
“I love words but I don't like strange ones. You don't understand them and they don't understand you. Old words is like old friends, you know 'em the minute you see 'em.”
More on Education
“I don't like that sort of school... where the bright childish imagination is utterly discouraged... where I have never seen among the pupils, whether boys or girls, anything but little parrots and small calculating machines.”
“Students of reading, writing and common arithmetick . . . Graecian [Greek], Roman, English and American history . . . should be rendered . . . worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow citizens.”
“Dont give a child a fish but show him how to fish”
More on Nostalgia
“Oh, yesterday, that one, we all cry out. Oh, that one! How rich and possible everything was! How ripe, ready, lavish, and filled with excitement--how hopeful we were on those summer days, under the clean, white racing clouds. Oh, yesterday!”
“The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.”
“I miss Manchester, especially the apple crumble and custard they served at Carrington after training.”