Norton Juster Quotes

You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.

The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

School is something that you learn - reading and writing. Education is what you learn from the family, from the environment, from the community.

Today, because knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know. The capacity to innovate — the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life — and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Stay in school because education provides you with an opportunity. Opportunity is all you can ask for.

When I was at school, one of my teachers had two statements hanging from the board all year: 'Be observant' and 'Be empathetic.'

School has no task more important than to teach strict thought, cautious judgment, and logical conclusions, hence it must pay no attention to what hinders these operations, such as religion, for instance.

What is education but a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn?

Education is the foundation of success. Just as scholastic skills are vitally important, so are financial skills and communication skills.

A school is a place through which you have to pass before entering life, but where the teaching proper does not prepare you for life.

He, who learns and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden, with a load of books.

Now, a good education is about so much more than just learning geometry or memorizing dates in history. All of that is important, but an education is also about exploring new things -- discovering what makes you come alive, and then being your best at whatever you choose

What did you learn in school that you still use today? Go ahead teachers, tell me. What? Fear, conformity, don't question authority.

The origin of thinking is some perplexity, confusion or doubt.

I loved doing problems in school.

The important thing to remember about mathematics is not to be frightened

The questions are always more important than the answers.

What is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored.

The most important thing we learn at school is the fact that the most important things can't be learned at school.

The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

I've always learned how to deal with my problems through my words, through my education, and through my intelligence, which I think is important and the best way to deal with an issue.

no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it.

The Goal of Education is to Help People Use Their Minds Better

In order to have a hope of creating better answers, we need to deeply understand the logic of the opposing answers. That means thinking about how we think about both models - not just do we like one versus the other. Rather we have to ask: How do I think each model produces the results that it does? Metacognition, thinking about thinking, builds up our capacity to do that and to play with opposing ideas - and new models - in real time.