Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.
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 DeweyA being connected with other beings cannot perform his own activities without taking the activities of others into account. For they are the indispensable conditions of the realization of his tendencies. When he moves he stirs them and reciprocally.
John Dewey