It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.
Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.
A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
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