Kurt Hahn Quote

What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity; they are ready for sensible self-denial; they dream ahead, and they have a faithful memory, and, above all, great compassion. [...] The well-meaning educator who flatters and humours the young not only does a disservice to the community, but also damages the individual by depriving him of the opportunities of self-discovery.


Quoted by Donald McLachlan in Kurt Hahn: A Life Span in Education and Politics, ed. Herman Röhrs, 1966, tr. 1970, ISBN 0710068859, §1, p. 8.


What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity;...

What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity;...

What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity;...

What is it that is done to our children that their puberty should deform them? They have the joy of movement; they have an enterprising curiosity;...