It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic difficulties.


The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (1997 edition), Basic Books - ISBN: 9780465016907

Alice Duer Miller Quotes

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial...

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial...

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial...

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial...