Some experiences are mis-educative. Any experience is mis-educative that has the effect of arresting or distorting the growth of further experience.
John DeweyThe plea for the predominance of learning to read in early school life because of the great importance attaching to literature seems to be a perversion.
John DeweySocial engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.
John DeweyThe life of the ancient Greeks and Romans has profoundly influenced our own, and yet the ways in which they affect us do not present themselves on the surface of our ordinary experiences.
John Dewey