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"Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." B.F. Skinner

Skinner's quote illustrates the unfortunate disconnect between what is learned and what is taught. There are many students who, when presented with a subject that is particularly interesting or motivating, actually learn about it. Skinner is saying that when people do not care about what they are learning about, and are no longer motivated to use the information, they forget it. But the fact that they were "educated" at one time or another never goes away. I agree with Mr. Skinner here because there are many examples of people who are not very intelligent who have gone to school in years past and acquired an education. These people have not really learned anything though, hey just have a piece of paper stating that they have an education. An education does not make someone smart. A person's willingness to us an educational opportunity...

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If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." Margaret Thatcher
Powerful people do not demonstrate their power through words. Since they are powerful, they can demonstrate through actions. Thatcher is express to explain this paradox in this quote. I agree with her, but not because what she has to say is necessarily the way it should be. An example I would use to illustrate why I agree with her is as follows: Police officers do not have to run around town telling everyone they are the police when they can show up and use their power to arrest or kill someone. Everyone knows that the police have power because of their actions; they do not have to run around announcing that they are powerful when they act upon their power. Mrs. Thatcher's quote applies to many different people with all different types of power whether it is political, social, economic, or otherwise.

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