Turning Learning Right Side Up

the most obvious is that education is, by its very nature, not a process limited to, or even primarily revolving around, childhood. (Location 142)

first decades of the nineteenth century, it became clear that the only way to succeed with industrializing (and hence modernizing) this country was to find a way to break the inherently free human spirit during childhood. (Location 163)

Exams do not assess anything significant to the future of children, because no one knows how to assess or measure the key factors to the future success of any person, child or adult. They are a closed system; tests (Location 646)